cracker–barrel

adjective crack·er–bar·rel \-ˌba-rəl\

Definition of CRACKER-BARREL

: suggestive of the friendly homespun character of a country store <a cracker–barrel philosopher>

from the cracker barrel in country stores around which customers lounged for informal conversation

First Known Use: 1916

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