sal·tine

[sawl-teen]
noun
a crisp, salted cracker.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; salt1 + -ine2

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saltine definition


  1. n.
    a white person. (A play on a kind of salted white cracker [biscuit]. A cracker is a derogatory term for a white person.) : What are those saltines doing in this neighborhood?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Panelists were given deionized water and unsalted saltine crackers between samples for palate cleansing.
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