cracker, noun

Forms:
Also ’cracker.
Plurals:
crackers, or unchanged.
Origin:
Elliptical for musselcracker.
The white musselcracker (see musselcracker sense 2), Sparodon durbanensis. Also attributive.
1971 Grocott’s Mail 25 May 3Roger Amos came along with a fine ’cracker (silver steenbras.)
1982 S. Afr. Fishing Apr.–May 10Cracker, hottentot and out of season galjoen are being caught by rock anglers.
1989 E. Prov. Herald 20 Oct. 21 (caption)Eastern Province ‘cracker twins’ Diddi Damm..and Hein vd Walt living up to their reputations as two of the top spearfishermen in the country...They accounted for five musselcrackers each, the legal limit.
1990 E. Prov. Herald 14 Sept. 18We often caught cracker from the breakwater..but the breakwater crackers were seldom over 25lb (11,32kg)...My heaviest cracker still stands at 38lb (17,21kg).
The white musselcracker (see musselcracker sense 2), Sparodon durbanensis. Also attributive.
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