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graham-crackery en · ADJ

Etymology

From graham cracker + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) With or made from graham crackers.
   • Having dried her hands on the animal’s black fur, which only increased the meowing, Susie added her protest that breakfast had not yet been served, “Kit-nen hongry. Susie hongry too, bery hongry.” / “Yes, I know, we’re all hungry,” he agreed resignedly. / But resignation was not in Susie’s nature. “Boy not hongry!” She planted herself in front of the high chair, pointed an accusing finger at her brother’s contented graham-crackery face. 1951 October, Hope Shelley Miller, “A Small Miracle”, in Ladies’ Home Journal, volume LXVIII, number 10, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 68, column 1:
   • We also got a s’mores tart, which contained the requisite elements – toasted marshmallow, chocolate, Graham crackery crust – but lost its luster for not being remotely warm. 2017 October 5, Andrew Z. Galarneau, “Menu with a view”, in Gusto (The Buffalo News), Buffalo, N.Y., page 13, column 5:
   • The flavor-coated graham-crackery marshmallow sandwiches [Moon Pies] have inspired songs, a book and the Moon Pie Cultural Club based in Charlotte, N.C. 1987 October 2, Doug Mason, “Bite a Moon Pie for taste of South”, in Detours (The Knoxville News-Sentinel), Knoxville, Tenn., page 8, column 1:
   • Remember how we went to a dozen more after that, even the supposed best places in the city, but they were always only second best? So there was nothing we could do but savor the graham-crackery-crust memory and move on. 2012, Gina Damico, Scorch, Boston, Mass.: Graphia, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 30:
   • You could also experiment with fruit tart for desert - non-dairy crust (sort of a graham-crackery affair), make filling with tapioca and fruit juice, top with berries and glaze with more fruit juice and sugar cooked down... 2003 January 31, jflexer, “OT but urgent!”, in alt.gossip.royalty (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Nov 2023:
   • Cheech is a starter in both basketball and volleyball and popular in both sports, at least in part because of Gram’s cookies—a rich, graham-crackery, chocolate-chip bar. 1979 March 17, Elizabeth Wheeler, “Life on Road for UCLA Women”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., part III, page 8:
   • Each consists of a not-crisp graham-crackery base, topped with a layer of cheesecakey or chocolatey stuff (both varieties are artificially flavored). 2008 July 29, Al Sicherman, “Tid bits”, in Fremont Tribune, 141st year, number 67, Fremont, Neb., page C1:
   • She walked to the front door to wait, and I returned to my pile of graham-crackery sadness. 2009, Claire Ray, Snow in Love, New York, N.Y.: HarperTeen, →ISBN, page 51:
   • Cereal: Soggy Graham-Crackery Hoops 2001 December 17, xSaBx, “Your Viking Name”, in uk.media.tv.sf.startrek (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Nov 2023:
   • So we’ll just have to get along on canned apples and graham-crackery crusts at 65 cents per pie. 1965 July 10, Win Mills, “No fees for bee’s knees”, in The Ottawa Citizen, 123rd year, number 842, Ottawa, Ont., page 4:
   • Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies defy my willpower. Anything graham-crackery? Forget it. 2017, Lesley Rotchford, “Making the Change”, in Take It Off! Keep It Off! Real Women Reveal How They Lost the 20, 50, and Even 100 Pounds—and How You Can Too!, [Emmaus, Pa.]: Rodale Inc., →ISBN, page 14, column 2:
   • A graham-crackery base made Black Forest cake crunch, too. 2006 September 22, Ed Murrieta, “Roll out the schnitzels”, in The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., page 9:
   • The leftovers upon which Tacky had slept had become stuck to his sleeping bag, forming a graham-crackery, chocolaty, marshmallowy face. 2009, Helen Lester, Tacky Goes to Camp, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, →ISBN:
2. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of graham crackers.
   • The only thing different is the hair – that graham-crackery puff has been sculpted into a sticky pompadour. 2012 June 20, Chris Richards, “Bieber’s ‘Believe’ is bloated”, in Concord Monitor, Concord, N.H., page D6, column 1:
   • What I'm remembering are square and relatively flat cookies with an almost graham-crackery exterior and a layer of raisin substance as the 'filling'. 2005 July 12, Areff, “Garibaldi Biscuits”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Nov 2023:
   • Even before becoming a father myself, I used to daydream about the pure joy of introducing my progeny to the gooey, chocolaty, graham-crackery decadence of a perfectly crafted s’more. 2014, Dave Engledow, “Day 258”, in Confessions of the World’s Best Father, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
   • Tent-area “paths”—thin concrete squares laid without fixative on bare earth—turned graham-crackery with rain and sank in the surrounding mud. 1996 spring/summer, Robin Morgan, “The NGO Forum: Good News and Bad”, in Beijing and Beyond: Toward the Twenty-First Century of Women; […] (Women’s Studies Quarterly; volume XXIV, numbers 1 & 2), New York, N.Y.: The Feminist Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 48:
   • Solid chocolate and peanut butter flavors are folded into a light, graham-crackery log. 1977, Michael S. Lasky, “Cookies, Crackers, and Chips”, in The Complete Junk Food Book, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →ISBN, page 250:
   • Then tear into their key lime pie…mmm, custardy graham-crackery goodness. 2008 spring, Olivia Allin, Julie Davis, “Missbehave’s Greedy Food Monster Guide to American Drive-Thrus”, in Missbehave, number 7, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, page 56, column 1:
   • Digestive biscuits are actually quite yummy. A thick graham-crackery type cookie -- sort of like a graham cracker crust, but more solid. 1999 October 2, huzzlewhat, “YOKO: A Review”, in rec.music.beatles (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Nov 2023:
   • I catch your point, Prof--but actually, I think Rush induces adult behavior in "kids" more than it induces childlike behavior in adults! Just a peanut-buttery thought from a graham-crackery kid. 1998 August 24, Cecrle, “Grace Under Pressure - the most depressing Rush album?”, in alt.music.rush (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Nov 2023:
   • That third layer of pastry dough (between first and second layers of peaches) is pretty unique. Did it come out as fully-baked seeming as the upper and lower crusts? Or did it have a more Graham-cracker-y texture? 2012 November 20, tlvp, “Re: What is multikabel.net?”, in news.software.readers (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Nov 2023:
   • Has a nice graham-crackery aroma, with a pulpy, woody feel and sour plum skin and rubber flavors. 2005 October 1, Daryna Tobey, quotee, Wine Enthusiast Magazine Essential Buying Guide 2007, Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 39, column 2:

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