captain's biscuit
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
A captain's biscuit would perhaps not be inappropriate?'
From The Magic City by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar
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 William H. C. Groome
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 William H. C. Groome
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 Harry De Windt
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