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Ship biscuit   /ʃɪp bˈɪskət/   Listen
Ship biscuit

noun
1.
Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple.  Synonyms: hardtack, pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit.






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"Ship biscuit" Quotes from Famous Books



... and showed me the contents of her basket, and then seating herself at the table, ate a small piece of ship biscuit and drank a cup of coffee. It was then that I noticed for the first time that she was, if not beautiful, a very handsome woman. Her face and hands were a reddish brown, darkened the more by the sun, for I could see under the thin muslin gown that she was wearing, ...
— The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton - 1902 • Louis Becke

... Not then, anyhow. We could take or leave it, and though dad could do with his share when it was going, he always knew what he was about, and could put the peg in any time. So we had one strongish tot while the tea was boiling. There was a bag of ship biscuit; we fried some hung beef, and made a jolly good supper. We were that tired we didn't care to talk much, so we made up the fire last thing and rolled ourselves in our blankets; I didn't wake till the sun had been up ...
— Robbery Under Arms • Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

... "Hardtack (pilot bread, ship biscuit) can be recommended only for such trips or cruises as do not permit baking. It is a cracker prepared of plain flour and water, not even salted, and kiln-dried to a chip, so as to keep indefinitely, its only ...
— Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts



Words linked to "Ship biscuit" :   biscuit



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