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730 posted on 08/30/2002 10:06:34 AM PDT by Neenah
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To: Neenah
crack·er (krãk'ər)

n.

A thin crisp wafer or biscuit, usually made of unsweetened dough.

One that cracks, especially:

A firecracker.

A small cardboard cylinder covered with decorative paper that holds candy or a party favor and pops when a paper strip is pulled at one or both ends and torn.

The apparatus used in the cracking of petroleum.

One who makes unauthorized use of a computer, especially to tamper with data or programs.

Offensive.

Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person of the rural, especially southeast United States.

Used as a disparaging term for a white person.

731 posted on 08/30/2002 10:13:34 AM PDT by Neenah
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