Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, dry, usually round soda cracker.
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- noun A
small ,dry , usuallyround cracker.
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- noun a small dry usually round cracker
Etymologies
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Perhaps because originally served with oyster stew or clam chowder, or because their form (a vaguely round "shell" that splits evenly into two parts) was suggestive of the shell of an oyster.
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