Christmas cracker

English

Christmas crackers.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Christmas cracker (plural Christmas crackers)

(British, Canada, New Zealand) A table decoration, in the form of a large paper sweet wrapper, constructed around a cardboard tube typically containing a paper hat, silly joke and a small novelty or toy; a pair of people pull the ends of the cracker causing an embedded device to make a crack sound as the cracker breaks in two and the contents are released.

Translations

table decoration containing a toy

German: Knallbonbon m or n
Swedish: smällkaramell c
Welsh: cracer Nadolig m

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