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cracknels

cracknels is the plural of cracknel.

Meaning of cracknel

Noun

cracknel (plural cracknels)

  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.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 208
  2. (in plural) Crackling (fried pork fat).

Questions about cracknels

What is cracknels the plural of?
Cracknels is the plural of cracknel.

Words near cracknels in the dictionary

  1. crackmeter
  2. crackmeters
  3. crackne
  4. cracknel
  5. Cracknell
  6. cracknels
  7. crackness
  8. cracknut
  9. cracknuts
  10. crackow
  11. crackowe

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