graham-crackery

See also: graham crackery and graham cracker-y

English

Alternative forms

• graham crackery, graham cracker-y

Etymology

From graham cracker +‎ -y.

Adjective

graham-crackery (comparative more graham-crackery, superlative most graham-crackery)

1. With or made from graham crackers.
   • 1951 October, Hope Shelley Miller, “A Small Miracle”, in Ladies’ Home Journal, volume LXVIII, number 10, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 68, column 1:

     Having dried her hands on the animal’s black fur, which only increased the meowing, Susie added her protest that breakfast had not yet been served, “Kit-nen hongry. Susie hongry too, bery hongry.” / “Yes, I know, we’re all hungry,” he agreed resignedly. / But resignation was not in Susie’s nature. “Boy not hongry!” She planted herself in front of the high chair, pointed an accusing finger at her brother’s contented graham-crackery face.

   • 1965 July 10, Win Mills, “No fees for bee’s knees”, in The Ottawa Citizen, 123rd year, number 842, Ottawa, Ont., page 4:

     So we’ll just have to get along on canned apples and graham-crackery crusts at 65 cents per pie.

   • 1979 March 17, Elizabeth Wheeler, “Life on Road for UCLA Women”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., part III, page 8:

     Cheech is a starter in both basketball and volleyball and popular in both sports, at least in part because of Gram’s cookies—a rich, graham-crackery, chocolate-chip bar.

   • 1987 October 2, Doug Mason, “Bite a Moon Pie for taste of South”, in Detours (The Knoxville News-Sentinel), Knoxville, Tenn., page 8, column 1:

     The flavor-coated graham-crackery marshmallow sandwiches [Moon Pies] have inspired songs, a book and the Moon Pie Cultural Club based in Charlotte, N.C.

   • 2001 December 17, xSaBx, “Your Viking Name”, in uk.media.tv.sf.startrek‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-13:

     Cereal: Soggy Graham-Crackery Hoops

   • 2003 January 31, jflexer, “OT but urgent!”, in alt.gossip.royalty‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-13:

     You could also experiment with fruit tart for desert - non-dairy crust (sort of a graham-crackery affair), make filling with tapioca and fruit juice, top with berries and glaze with more fruit juice and sugar cooked down...

   • 2006 September 22, Ed Murrieta, “Roll out the schnitzels”, in The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash., page 9:

     A graham-crackery base made Black Forest cake crunch, too.

   • 2008 July 29, Al Sicherman, “Tid bits”, in Fremont Tribune, 141st year, number 67, Fremont, Neb., page C1:

     Each consists of a not-crisp graham-crackery base, topped with a layer of cheesecakey or chocolatey stuff (both varieties are artificially flavored).

   • 2009, Helen Lester, Tacky Goes to Camp‎^[3], Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, →ISBN:

     The leftovers upon which Tacky had slept had become stuck to his sleeping bag, forming a graham-crackery, chocolaty, marshmallowy face.

   • 2009, Claire Ray, Snow in Love, New York, N.Y.: HarperTeen, →ISBN, page 51:

     She walked to the front door to wait, and I returned to my pile of graham-crackery sadness.

   • 2012, Gina Damico, Scorch, Boston, Mass.: Graphia, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 30:

     Remember how we went to a dozen more after that, even the supposed best places in the city, but they were always only second best? So there was nothing we could do but savor the graham-crackery-crust memory and move on.

   • 2017, Lesley Rotchford, “Making the Change”, in Take It Off! Keep It Off! Real Women Reveal How They Lost the 20, 50, and Even 100 Pounds—and How You Can Too!, [Emmaus, Pa.]: Rodale Inc., →ISBN, page 14, column 2:

     Freshly baked chocolate chip cookies defy my willpower. Anything graham-crackery? Forget it.

   • 2017 October 5, Andrew Z. Galarneau, “Menu with a view”, in Gusto (The Buffalo News), Buffalo, N.Y., page 13, column 5:

     We also got a s’mores tart, which contained the requisite elements – toasted marshmallow, chocolate, Graham crackery crust – but lost its luster for not being remotely warm.

2. Resembling or characteristic of graham crackers.
   • 1977, Michael S. Lasky, “Cookies, Crackers, and Chips”, in The Complete Junk Food Book, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →ISBN, page 250:

     Solid chocolate and peanut butter flavors are folded into a light, graham-crackery log.

   • 1996 spring/summer, Robin Morgan, “The NGO Forum: Good News and Bad”, in Beijing and Beyond: Toward the Twenty-First Century of Women; […] (Women’s Studies Quarterly; volume XXIV, numbers 1 & 2), New York, N.Y.: The Feminist Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 48:

     Tent-area “paths”—thin concrete squares laid without fixative on bare earth—turned graham-crackery with rain and sank in the surrounding mud.

   • 1998 August 24, Cecrle, “Grace Under Pressure - the most depressing Rush album?”, in alt.music.rush‎^[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-13:

     I catch your point, Prof--but actually, I think Rush induces adult behavior in "kids" more than it induces childlike behavior in adults! Just a peanut-buttery thought from a graham-crackery kid.

   • 1999 October 2, huzzlewhat, “YOKO: A Review”, in rec.music.beatles‎^[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-13:

     Digestive biscuits are actually quite yummy. A thick graham-crackery type cookie -- sort of like a graham cracker crust, but more solid.

   • 2005 July 12, Areff, “Garibaldi Biscuits”, in alt.usage.english‎^[6] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-13:

     What I'm remembering are square and relatively flat cookies with an almost graham-crackery exterior and a layer of raisin substance as the 'filling'.

   • 2005 October 1, Daryna Tobey, quotee, Wine Enthusiast Magazine Essential Buying Guide 2007, Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 39, column 2:

     Has a nice graham-crackery aroma, with a pulpy, woody feel and sour plum skin and rubber flavors.

   • 2008 spring, Olivia Allin, Julie Davis, “Missbehave’s Greedy Food Monster Guide to American Drive-Thrus”, in Missbehave, number 7, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, page 56, column 1:

     Then tear into their key lime pie…mmm, custardy graham-crackery goodness.

   • 2012 June 20, Chris Richards, “Bieber’s ‘Believe’ is bloated”, in Concord Monitor, Concord, N.H., page D6, column 1:

     The only thing different is the hair – that graham-crackery puff has been sculpted into a sticky pompadour.

   • 2012 November 20, tlvp, “Re: What is multikabel.net?”, in news.software.readers‎^[7] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2023-11-13:

     That third layer of pastry dough (between first and second layers of peaches) is pretty unique. Did it come out as fully-baked seeming as the upper and lower crusts? Or did it have a more Graham-cracker-y texture?

   • 2014, Dave Engledow, “Day 258”, in Confessions of the World’s Best Father, London: Michael Joseph, Penguin Books, →ISBN:

     Even before becoming a father myself, I used to daydream about the pure joy of introducing my progeny to the gooey, chocolaty, graham-crackery decadence of a perfectly crafted s’more.

   • 2023, George Lopez with Ryan Calejo, ChupaCarter and the Haunted Piñata, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 23:

     “Oh, look! S’mores!” shouted Ernie, his eyes lighting up like a Christmas tree. “Anyone else feel a craving coming on?” / “Sure,” I said. “Why not?” Hey, what better way to melt the heebie-jeebies away than with some chocolatey, graham-cracker-y goodness?

   • 2023 March 31, Joseph Lamour, “Turkey Hill brings back fan-favorite flavor just in time for baseball season”, in Today‎^[8], archived from the original on 2023-03-31:

     According to the company, Graham Slam is already shipping to many of its retail partners including ShopRite, Weis, Giant, Acme, Price Chopper and select Walmart stores, so get ready for a season full of graham-cracker-y goodness.