A biscuit.
1773. Said Johnson bakes the very best sort of crackers.—Advt., Newport Mercury, Dec. 20.
1774. William Grinnell has to sell Ship-Broad, Crackers in barrels and kegs, &c.—Id., Feb. 7.
1804. A fellow who follows the business of selling crackers in Philadelphia, a few days since went into a Hatter’s store, and finding nobody there, picked up a hat which lay on the counter, put it into his basket, and made off in such haste, that he did not observe that a ball of twine was attached to the lining of it.—The Balance (Hudson, N.Y.), June 26, p. 215/3.
1810. Naval Chronicle. (N.E.D.)
1815. In his pockets were found an empty bottle, and a number of crackers.—Mass. Spy, July 26.
1820. A patent has been obtained at Philadelphia for moulding and baking crackers, and eighty are sold for 12 1–2 cents.—Id., Feb. 2.
1820. Every thing I eat (only milk and crackers, heated over again in the oven) passes unchanged.—John Randolph to Dr. Brockenbrough, Feb. 24: H. A. Garland, ‘Life,’ ii. 133 (1851).
1827. It [my breakfast] consists of a cup of tea and a cracker, without butter, which I never touch.—Id., Jan. 20: ii. 284.
1835. For a cup of coffee you pay two cents, and another cent for a cracker.—The Pioneer (Rockspring, Ill.), July 17.
1857. You will see women, if their husbands have got fifty cents, who must buy crackers with it, or something nice.—Brigham Young, April 6: ‘Journal of Discourses,’ iv. 314.
1859. Under the influence of the crackers and sausage, he grew cordial and communicative.—Holmes, ‘The Professor at the Breakfast-Table,’ chap. vii.
