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cracker-barrel

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crack⋅er-bar⋅rel

  [krak-er-bar-uhl]
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–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.
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; adj. use of cracker barrel, around which rural people supposedly converse in old-style country stores
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crack·er-bar·rel   (krāk'ər-bār'əl)
adj.  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 round for conversation in old-time general stores.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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