hard tack

noun

1. informal.
   whisky

Example Sentences

I had always made it a rule to keep a supply of sugar and some hard tack in my haversack, ready for an emergency.

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Yes, I'm sure that it's one o' them wagons we was guardin', and I recollect it was loaded with hard tack.

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Having a romantic temperament and a taste for heroics, I had wished to fight and eat hard tack for my country.

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This time there were no hot beefsteaks, no fresh rolls, no fried potatoes, no coffee—nothing but cold corned beef and hard tack.

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There was the breakfast—salt junk and hard tack—regular sailor's fare.

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