hardtack
a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
Origin of hardtack
1- Also called pilot biscuit, pilot bread, ship biscuit, ship bread.
Words Nearby hardtack
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How to use hardtack in a sentence
For one, I’ll be sure to opt in for my workplace’s dental plan if I plan before eating hardtack again.
We made it back to the campsite in time for lunch, and attempted to eat a few bites of hardtack but gave up before we chipped a tooth.
That left rations, which the player’s manual says “consist of dry foods suitable for extended travel, including jerky, dried fruit, hardtack, and nuts.”
A small keg, or breaker, was thrown overboard and picked up, with a bag of fifteen or twenty pounds of hardtack.
"It might be," said Shorty, with visions of distributing hardtack to the hungry boys warping his judgment.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroy
Just then Jacks came to the opening of the notch, and set down a tin cup of coffee and a plate of soaked hardtack and fried bacon.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends | Stanley R. Matthews"We give both hands full—coffee, sugar, hardtack," and Bruce illustrated as he spoke.
Warrior Gap | Charles KingIn ten minutes, with coffee, sugar and hardtack in their hands, the sergeant and his comrades were back at the front.
Warrior Gap | Charles King
British Dictionary definitions for hardtack (1 of 2)
/ (ˈhɑːdˌtæk) /
a kind of hard saltless biscuit, formerly eaten esp by sailors as a staple aboard ship: Also called: pilot biscuit, ship's biscuit, sea biscuit
British Dictionary definitions for hard tack (2 of 2)
Irish informal whisky
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