saltine
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saltine
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The instrument is a 300 megapixel infrared camera equipped with 18 4K detectors, each roughly the size of a saltine cracker.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
For five days, from the end of February into March 1938, a two-step weather combo of staggering force and volume crashed bridges, knotted railroad trestles, and crumbled highways and roads like soggy saltine crackers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
This year has been a lot, so I think the best thing I could possibly recommend in our last newsletter for 2022 is a really buttery, really easy dessert: saltine toffee cookies.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2022
With saltine crackers and celery sticks, the cheese dip is a favorite for staff meals at Highland’s Bar and Grill, which is Stitt’s Birmingham, Alabama, restaurant that features Southern dishes served with French flair.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
So all I had for dinner were saltine crackers and water.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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