prawn cracker

British

noun

a puffy savoury crisp made from rice flour and prawn flavouring, served with Chinese food

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We would record different sounds, like ripping a prawn cracker apart, then slow it down and put it through a bunch of delays.

From The Verge • Apr. 12, 2019

A prawn cracker is the texture of Trix cereal, and the color of grapefruit, and the snack is exciting in the way a snack always is.

From The Verge • Sep. 19, 2017

Worse than any of these curses, when I tried to write for more than an hour or so, my right hand curled up like a prawn cracker.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2013

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