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C rations

British

plural noun

tinned food formerly issued in packs to US soldiers

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Etymology

Origin of C rations

C20: C(ombat) rations

Example Sentences

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Wartime museums display the bland hardtack that sustained Civil War fighters, and the canned meats, breads and fruit of World War II, known as C rations.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2021

First he sounded out a Saigon source who, for twelve cases of C rations, revealed the whereabouts of a warehouse that needed 100 shipping pallets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dinner is C rations again, washed down by military-style "emergency water" in gray soft-drink-size cans.

From Time Magazine Archive

From cannon barrels to C rations, from barbed wire to frozen beef, each day's cargo was somehow swung from ship to shore.

From Time Magazine Archive

We broke out more C rations, the canned stuff the army passes off for food, and shared them with the lads.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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