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, Americanism; adj. use of cracker barrel, around which rural people supposedly converse in old-style country stores

Example Sentences

Terry was headed to a Cracker Barrel to “think” when a car cut her off.

From The Daily Beast

He went through it like an old goat through a cracker barrel, but he didn't find anything—see?

From Project Gutenberg

Young Bill was under discussion by the cracker barrel committee in Oliver Baldwin's grocery.

From Project Gutenberg

“Well, I reckon,” answered Billy, reaching into a cracker-barrel and abstracting some odds and ends of hardtack.

From Project Gutenberg

Seeing Sam sitting with swinging legs upon the cracker barrel she spoke to her father and went out of the store.

From Project Gutenberg

The boy climbed again upon a cracker barrel and tried to look unconcerned and interested in the talk.

From Project Gutenberg