saltine

noun — 2 senses

noun

US /sɔlˈtin/

Etymology Genericized trademark. Originally a US brand name in the late 1800s, presumably salt + -ine.

Canada, US A thin, crisp, salted, customarily white-colored cracker; a soda cracker; a soda biscuit.

Canada, US, Ethnic, Slur A euphemism for cracker ("white person").

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