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Definition of Crackerjacks
1. crackerjack [n] - See also: crackerjack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackerjacks
Literary usage of Crackerjacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"... Edward Steele Tim Moore Joe Byrd 5 crackerjacks Miller Brothers and Lois Maude
Russell \Vini and Bob Johnson Staged by Ed Sullivan and Noble Sissle; ..."
2. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"Probably 60 per cent of the horses cut out for cow work make fair cow horses, 20
percent really good ones, and 10 percent "crackerjacks. ..."
3. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank Stewart Hastings (1921)
"Probably 60 per cent of the horses cut out for cow work make fair cow horses, 20
percent really good ones, and 10 percent "crackerjacks. ..."
4. Experts in City Government by Edward Augustus Fitzpatrick (1919)
"... sometime assistant director of public works and one of Director Cooke's widely
advertised "crackerjacks." In leaving Philadelphia's service for the ..."
5. School and Home Education by George Pliny Brown, William Chandler Bagley (1906)
"Between acts I heard something like the • following: (A) How far did you jump?
(B) 'Bout 4 feet. Ain't them Japs crackerjacks: (A) You said "ain't them. ..."
6. The Glacier's Gift by Eva Celine Grear Folger (1911)
"carry the most expert operators, but even among the 'crackerjacks' in the business
there is a difference in style of sending that is noticeable to the ..."
7. The Fighting Yankees Overseas by Bert Ford (1919)
"I think they were both crackerjacks, as good as could be found in any army in
the world, but I think the Second Division, because of the difficult and ..."
8. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"... Edward Steele Tim Moore Joe Byrd 5 crackerjacks Miller Brothers and Lois Maude
Russell \Vini and Bob Johnson Staged by Ed Sullivan and Noble Sissle; ..."
9. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"Probably 60 per cent of the horses cut out for cow work make fair cow horses, 20
percent really good ones, and 10 percent "crackerjacks. ..."
10. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank Stewart Hastings (1921)
"Probably 60 per cent of the horses cut out for cow work make fair cow horses, 20
percent really good ones, and 10 percent "crackerjacks. ..."
11. Experts in City Government by Edward Augustus Fitzpatrick (1919)
"... sometime assistant director of public works and one of Director Cooke's widely
advertised "crackerjacks." In leaving Philadelphia's service for the ..."
12. School and Home Education by George Pliny Brown, William Chandler Bagley (1906)
"Between acts I heard something like the • following: (A) How far did you jump?
(B) 'Bout 4 feet. Ain't them Japs crackerjacks: (A) You said "ain't them. ..."
13. The Glacier's Gift by Eva Celine Grear Folger (1911)
"carry the most expert operators, but even among the 'crackerjacks' in the business
there is a difference in style of sending that is noticeable to the ..."
14. The Fighting Yankees Overseas by Bert Ford (1919)
"I think they were both crackerjacks, as good as could be found in any army in
the world, but I think the Second Division, because of the difficult and ..."
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