dog biscuit
Americannoun
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a hard biscuit for dogs, usually containing ground meat, bones, etc.
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Military. a hard dry biscuit used as an emergency ration.
noun
Etymology
Origin of dog biscuit
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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A woman who found out she was diabetic at seven years old has told how stepping on a dog biscuit led to her right leg being amputated.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
She dog-walked and she worked in a dog biscuit factory.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2021
Last week, he joined Bills owner Terry Pegula in munching on a dog biscuit to promote the SPCA.
From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2015
Did children in the next town really line up outside the dog biscuit factory waiting for sacks of oddments that they would dip into icing sugar and eat?
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2012
He found a dog biscuit and a couple of bones in one of the empty kennels.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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