Cracknel

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit.

    "I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels."

  2. 2
    Crackling (fried pork fat). in-plural

Example

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"I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels."

Etymology

From Middle English crakenelle, craknel, krakenelle, apparently an alteration of Middle French craquelin.

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