cracker-barrel

[krak-er-bar-uhl]

adjective

1. of or suggesting the simple rustic informality and directness thought to be characteristic of life in and around a country store.

   homespun, cracker-barrel philosophy.

cracker-barrel

adjective

1. rural; rustic; homespun

   a cracker-barrel philosopher

Word History and Origins

Origin of cracker-barrel¹

1875–80, adj. use of cracker barrel, around which rural people supposedly converse in old-style country stores