corn-cracker

== English == === Alternative forms === corn cracker, corncracker === Noun === corn-cracker (plural corn-crackers) (US, dated, mildly derogatory) A lower-class white person in the Southern United States. Synonym: cracker (US, dated) An agricultural machine for cracking corn kernels. Coordinate terms: corn roaster, sheller 1847 August, The Prairie Farmer, Volumes 6-8, "Editor's Table", p. 261 (Google books): A subscriber at Burnsville inquires for a corn cracker which he can work by attaching it to Warren's horse power. There is a corn cracker made here, but it is not a very superior machine. === See also ===