corn-cracker
[ kawrn-krak-er ]
/ ˈkɔrnˌkræk ər /
noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of a class of poor white people in the southern U.S.
usage note for corn-cracker
This term is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as insulting, being similar in connotation to
redneck and
hillbilly.
Corn-cracker originally referred to a native of Kentucky or Georgia, but has come to apply broadly to any poor white person in the South. See also
cracker.
Words nearby corn-cracker
corn stack,
corn sugar,
corn syrup,
corn whiskey,
corn whisky,
corn-cracker,
corn-leaf aphid,
corn-picker,
corn-pone,
corn-root aphid,
corn.
Example sentences from the Web for corn-cracker
The Colonel and I instinctively halted our horses, as the 'corn-cracker' stopped his.