adjective
General Slang
cream-crackered
· adjective · cockney
Absolutely knackered. Done in.
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Definitions
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Exhausted. Wiped out. The kind of tired where you can feel your eyelids. Polite Cockney workaround when you don't want to say 'knackered' in front of nan.
“Three night shifts back-to-back — I'm cream-crackered, mate.”
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cream-crackered In A Sentence
Three night shifts back-to-back — I'm cream-crackered, mate.
Origin & Usage
Cockney rhyming slang: 'cream-crackered' rhymes with 'knackered'. Knackered itself comes from 'knacker' (horse slaughterer) — meaning fit only for the knacker's yard.
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What does cream-crackered mean?
It means absolutely exhausted — completely knackered and done in.
How do you use cream-crackered in a sentence?
"After that double shift I was cream-crackered."
Where does cream-crackered come from?
It's Cockney rhyming slang, where "cream-crackered" rhymes with "knackered."
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