"come from a Cracker Jack box" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes from a Cracker Jack box [present, singular, third-person], coming from a Cracker Jack box [participle, present], came from a Cracker Jack box [past], come from a Cracker Jack box [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> from a Cracker Jack box}} come from a Cracker Jack box (third-person singular simple present comes from a Cracker Jack box, present participle coming from a Cracker Jack box, simple past came from a Cracker Jack box, past participle come from a Cracker Jack box)
  1. (idiomatic, slang) To obtain or retrieve an object that is useless, cheap or fake. Tags: idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-come_from_a_Cracker_Jack_box-en-verb-EfXgEHhK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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