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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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CRACKERHEADS, CRACKERS, n.pl. “The roots of big tangles, or Alga marina, eaten by young people” (Ags. 1808 Jam.; 1886 B. and H. 125); “tangles” (Ags.9 (Usan) 1927, crackers).Ags. 1824 J. Bowick Characters 72:
But the merrie merrie mob threw sticks and stanes And crackerheads and big cod banes.
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