drop biscuit

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noun

a biscuit made by dropping baking powder biscuit dough from a spoon onto a pan for baking.

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Origin of drop biscuit

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Words nearby drop biscuit

drop arch, drop away, dropback, drop bear, drop behind, drop biscuit, drop black, drop box, drop by, drop cannon, drop cloth

How to use drop biscuit in a sentence

During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.
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But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.
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Then, depending on how urgent I think it is to get it, sometimes I have to go back home and drop it off.
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Many times, victims drop out of school, while their alleged attackers graduate.
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A Change.org petition asking A&E to drop the show is already making the rounds online.
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Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
That, like the matches, had long ago been used up, and our discoverers were reduced to roasted biscuit-crumbs.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Now and then he touched one with his long and sallow fingers, lifted its cover, then let it drop mechanically.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens