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crackie cracky 
1 n. Nfld and Maritimes any small, yapping dog, so-called by reason of its bark.
- c1928 (1966) There was . . . / Pig's feet, cat's meat, dumplings boiled in a sheet, / Dandelions and crackies' teeth at the Kelligrew's Soiree.
- 1895 (1944) Cracky--A small hybrid dog. 1895 E.Canada, N.B., N.S., Newfoundland 1921.
- 1959 [Nfld] Figures of Speech [include] . . . Saucy as a crackie. . . .
- c1928 (1966) There was . . . / Pig's feet, cat's meat, dumplings boiled in a sheet, / Dandelions and crackies' teeth at the Kelligrew's Soiree.
2 n. an Indian hunting dog.
See also: bear dog
- 1933 They [huskies] have none of the instinctive intelligence of the little Indian "cracky" dogs that look so small and useless, and are so valuable to a hunter.
- 1956 . . . the yip-yi-yipping of a dozen "crackies," the small Indian hunting dogs tethered along the edge of the plateau.
- 1933 They [huskies] have none of the instinctive intelligence of the little Indian "cracky" dogs that look so small and useless, and are so valuable to a hunter.