cracker-barrel

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Definition of cracker-barrel in English English dictionary

{s} suggestive of rural country life; typical of country life; (term used in North America) simple and not sophisticated

characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys

Hyphenation

crack·er-bar·rel

Etymology

[ -"bar-&l ] (adjective.) 1916. from the cracker barrel in country stores around which customers lounged for informal conversation.