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View synonyms for crackerjack
crackerjack
[ krak-er-jak ]
noun
- a person or thing that shows marked ability or excellence.
adjective
- of marked ability; exceptionally fine.
crackerjack
/ ˈkrækəˌdʒæk /
adjective
- excellent
noun
- a person or thing of exceptional quality or ability
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crackerjack1
1890–95, Americanism; earlier crackajack, rhyming compound based on crack (adjective); -a- as in blackamoor ( def ); jack 1( def ) in sense “fellow, buddy”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crackerjack1
C20: changed from crack (first-class) + jack 1(man)
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Example Sentences
I was counted a crackerjack at bindin'; but you work twice as fast blind as what I would seein'; that's what gets me!
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He would read one and say: "Here's a crackerjack, Kit," and pass it to me.
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If that Mornsby deal had only gone through, wed have had a crackerjack, said Jim regretfully.
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He'd had a mighty good time all the evening, James thought, and Father was a crackerjack.
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Christian Young is all right though, Munster has a slap-dash style about him, and they do say old Nielsen was a crackerjack.
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