saltine
English
editEtymology
editOriginally a US brand name in the late 1800s, presumably salt + -ine.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsaltine (plural saltines)
- (Canada, US) A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored cracker; a soda cracker; a soda biscuit.
- (Canada, US, ethnic slur) A euphemism for cracker ("white person").
Translations
editsalty cracker
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