"Cracker" has a similar meaning; it was commonly used before the Civil War.<ref> Grady McWhiney, ''Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South'' (1988) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/cracker-culture-celtic-ways-in-the-old-south-by-grady-mcwhiney.jsp online edition]</ref> | "Cracker" has a similar meaning; it was commonly used before the Civil War.<ref> Grady McWhiney, ''Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South'' (1988) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/cracker-culture-celtic-ways-in-the-old-south-by-grady-mcwhiney.jsp online edition]</ref> |