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crackie

American

[krak-ee] / ˈkræk i /

noun

Canadian (chiefly Atlantic Provinces).

a small noisy dog.

Etymology

Origin of crackie

First recorded in 1890–95; apparently crack + -ie; compare dialectal (Devonshire) cracky “wren, any small creature”

Example Sentences

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Then Sally pu'd the gowans wat wi' dew an' twined her bree wi' tasseled broom, while I had a wee crackie wi' Tibby Buchan, the flesher's dochter frae Auld Reekie.

From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Then Sally pu'd the gowans wat wi' dew an' twined her bree wi' tasselled broom, while I had a wee crackie wi' Tibby Buchan, the flesher's dochter frae Auld Reekie.

From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

"Oh, crackie, pappy! here comes Bill with the Devil on his back!"

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 by Various

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