crackerbox
English
Etymology
cracker + box, suggesting a square package of biscuits.
Noun
crackerbox (plural crackerboxes)
- (US, Canada, sometimes derogatory) An uncomfortably small and boxy house or car.
- 2007 October 21, Lawrence Ulrich, “Attractive, Yes, if Not for Its Looks”, in New York Times:
- It’s the same with the Subaru Impreza WRX. With apologies to its zealous owners their vision was apparently too clouded by speed to notice the original WRX was one of the homeliest cars around, a budget crackerbox in a high-performance Halloween costume.
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