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Christmas cracker
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English
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Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christmas cracker.wav Southern England
Noun
en 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: de Knallbonbon m n
Italian: it petardo di Natale m, it petardo natalizio m, it cosacco m
Swedish: sv smällkaramell c
Welsh: cy cracer Nadolig m
en Christmas