C rations
Britishplural noun
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
Now it held only three trapped Americans living on C rations and candy bars.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marine flyers whose combat feats look unusually spectacular in Technicolor, the new movie differs from most of its predecessors no more than one can of C rations from another.
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
Mitchell Sanders and Lee Strunk loaded him up with boxes of C rations.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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