cracker-barrel

[krak-er-bar-uh l] /ˈkræk ərˌbær əl/
adjective
1.
of or suggesting the simple rustic informality and directness thought to be characteristic of life in and around a country store:
homespun, cracker-barrel philosophy.
Origin
1875-80, Americanism; adj. use of cracker barrel, around which rural people supposedly converse in old-style country stores
British Dictionary definitions for cracker-barrel

cracker-barrel

adjective
1.
(US) rural; rustic; homespun: a cracker-barrel philosopher
Slang definitions & phrases for cracker-barrel

cracker-barrel

adjective
  1. Unsophisticated; basic: a cracker-barrel philosophy
  2. Intimate; gossipy: a cracker-barrel discussion of family

[1877+; fr the archetypical image of rural discussants sitting on or around the cracker barrel in the general store]