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    cracker-barrel

    adjective

    • 1. (of an outlook or point of view) plain, simple, and unsophisticated: North American "the tiresome story would be repeated whenever he felt the urge to display his cracker-barrel wisdom"

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  2. Cracker-barrel definition: of or suggesting the simple rustic informality and directness thought to be characteristic of life in and around a country store. See examples of CRACKER-BARREL used in a sentence.

  3. The meaning of CRACKER-BARREL is suggestive of the friendly homespun character of a country store. How to use cracker-barrel in a sentence.

  4. Jul 7, 2023 · You now know Cracker Barrel was named for sharing stories around cracker barrels at a local country store. However, what was the original idea behind Cracker Barrel, and why did the owners model it after a country store?

  5. adjective. of or suggesting the simple rustic informality and directness thought to be characteristic of life in and around a country store. homespun, cracker-barrel philosophy. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

  6. Resembling or characteristic of the extended informal discussions carried on by persons habitually assembled at a country store: cracker-barrel philosophy. [ After the cracker barrels that people supposedly would gather around for conversation in old-time general stores .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  7. adjective. characteristic of country life. “ cracker-barrel philosophy”. synonyms: folksy, homespun. rural. living in or characteristic of farming or country life.

  8. Feb 4, 2024 · cracker-barrel (comparative more cracker-barrel, superlative most cracker-barrel) Folksy; characteristic of simple small-town people. Synonyms: homespun, down-home

  9. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., trading as Cracker Barrel, is an American chain of restaurant and gift stores with a Southern country theme. The company's headquarters are in Lebanon, Tennessee, where Cracker Barrel was founded by Dan Evins in 1969.

  10. Cracker-barrel definition: Resembling or characteristic of the extended informal discussions carried on by persons habitually assembled at a country store.

  11. Jun 16, 2024 · [1875–80, Amer.; adj. use of cracker barrel, around which rural people supposedly converse in old-style country stores]