cream crackered

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English

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Etymology

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From knackered.

Adjective

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cream crackered (comparative more cream crackered, superlative most cream crackered)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Knackered; tired, exhausted.
    • 2019, Hop (character), Pokémon Sword and Shield, Game Freak
      Now, I'm cream-crackered! I'm for the Budew Drop Inn and some sleep.
    • 2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 22:
      It would have been about four in the morning in the UK and I’m sure Vicky was utterly cream crackered, but she’d never let me hear that in our daily calls.

Usage notes

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  • This is often shortened to just cream.

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