come from a Cracker Jack box
To obtain or retrieve something that is useless, cheap or fake.
cracker
/ˈkɹækə(ɹ)/
noun 5
Collocations
5ADJ.
animal, crabby, same, soggy, used
VERB + CRACKER
ate, book, eat
CRACKER + NOUN
meals--and, morning
PREP.
on
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
1
A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow.
What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?
2
A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
3
A prawn cracker.
There was feasting and joy from Shanghai to the Wall, What with dim-sims, chop-suey and crackers and all, And the donor of these, by the hook of my crook. Was Chiang Ki-Konglong, the Mandarin Cook.
4
The final section of certain whips, which is made of a short, thin piece of unravelled rope, or which is a short piece of twisted string tied to the end of the whip, which produces a distinctive cracking sound when the whip is cracked.
5
A firecracker.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing
noun — firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in
noun — a poor White person in the southern United States
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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What cracker is this same that deafs our ears?
Wiktionary02
There was feasting and joy from Shanghai to the Wall, What with dim-sims, chop-suey and crackers and all, And the donor of these, by the hook of my crook. Was Chiang Ki-Konglong, the Mandarin Cook.
Wiktionary03
It is customary in every part of China to fire off crackers on the last day and night of the year for the purpose of terrifying expelling the devils.
Wiktionary04
Yecch. This rice cracker is soggy.
Tatoeba · #6741905
Christ on a cracker!
Tatoeba · #70693706
He is likely to have a book and a cracker at his meals--and then forget to eat the cracker!
Tatoeba · #847244Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, cracker is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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