cracknel

[ krak-nl ]

/ ˈkræk nl /

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noun

a hard, brittle cake or biscuit.

cracknels, small bits of fat pork fried crisp.

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Origin of cracknel

1350–1400; Middle English crak(e)nele<Middle French *craquenelle, metathetic alteration of craquelin<Middle Dutch crākelinc, equivalent to crāke(n) to crack + -linc-ling¹

Words nearby cracknel

crackjaw, crackle, crackleware, crackling, crackly, cracknel, crack of dawn, crack of doom, crack on, crackpot, cracksman

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How to use cracknel in a sentence

On Sundays the mistress would give him a gingerbread or a cracknel, and amuse herself with his baby prattle.
Serge Panine, Complete|Georges Ohnet
"Yes, it's 'licious," agreed Joan, with her mouth full of cracknel biscuit.
Two Little Travellers|Frances Browne Arthur
This is done to rid it of any bits of cracknel, etc., that may remain in the lard.
Home Pork Making|A. W. Fulton
After being pressed the cracknels are worked into a dough with corn meal and together made into cracknel bread.
Home Pork Making|A. W. Fulton

The result—he lost by half a cracknel—was to cause him some temporary inconvenience, but he is now completely restored to health.
Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, September 21, 1895|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cracknel

cracknel

/ (ˈkræknəl) /

noun

a type of hard plain biscuit

(often plural) US and Canadian crisply fried bits of fat pork

Word Origin for cracknel

C15: perhaps from Old French craquelin, from Middle Dutch krākelinc, from krāken to crack

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