cracky wagon

noun

A one-horse wagon without springs.

Meanings

nouncracky wagon (plural cracky wagons)

plural cracky wagons

  1. PennsylvaniaUSWesternA one-horse wagon without springs.

    They knew the lineage of all the boys and girls who crowded into old cracky wagons, rode four to a horse or footed it out to the lake.

    1936, August 18, The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, volume 10, Section 4, Page 16

    Synonyms: democrat wagon

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA one-horse wagon without springs.

Cite this entry
APA

cracky wagon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cracky%20wagon

MLA

“cracky wagon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cracky%20wagon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cracky wagon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cracky%20wagon.

Source: cracky wagon on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.