cracker-barrel

adjective

crack·​er-bar·​rel ˈkra-kər-ˌber-əl 

-ˌba-rəl

: suggestive of the friendly homespun character of a country store

a cracker-barrel philosopher

Synonyms

• folksy
• homespun
• colloquial
• down-home

Examples of cracker-barrel in a Sentence

his cracker-barrel campaign speeches strike a chord with voters

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cracker-barrel

• cholesteryl
• sitosterol
• tocopherol
• beryl
• feral
• karel
• peril
• seral
• sterile
• sterol
• carbaryl
• glyceryl