cracker
n.— «The Times’ Maureen Dowd is famous for her crackers. (A “cracker,” in city-room speak, is the final sentence in an essay of fewer than 1,000 words.)» —“Learning From The Good Stuff” by James J. Kilpatrick Yahoo! News Apr. 30, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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