captain's biscuit
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A few blows with the handspike shattered the top, and eagerly plunging in my hand, to my intense satisfaction I drew forth a captain’s biscuit.
From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.
A captain's biscuit would perhaps not be inappropriate?'
From The Magic City by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)
He had brought me a captain’s biscuit and a slice of ham, with a tin mug of water.
From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.
Cooking was naturally out of the question, and our only food that day consisted of a captain's biscuit, some bottled beer, and a tin of preserved plum pudding!
From On the Equator by De Windt, Harry
Their grateful coolness made the man my friend eternally, but had I offered him a captain's biscuit at that moment I could not have answered for the consequences.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
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