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noun

a crisp biscuit flavoured with ginger

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Words nearby ginger nut

ginger family, ginger group, ginger jar, ginger lily, gingerly, ginger nut, gingerroot, gingersnap, ginger up, ginger wine, gingery

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How to use ginger nut in a sentence

“I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.
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Beech-Nut is still in existence, and is the third largest baby food manufacturer in the United States.
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White King Soap sponsored the show on the West Coast, and Beech-Nut Gum in the East.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician|Rich Goldstein|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Donbass region is a harder nut to crack—the Ukrainians are determined to keep it.
Putin Is Lying on Ukraine—and the West Can’t Stop Him|Jamie Dettmer|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

During the first 32 minutes of Left Behind, the message is this: Christians are nut jobs.
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This was a hard nut to crack, if his past were not to be ruthlessly severed from Angel's by a word.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
It is prepared from the nut of the areca palm, one of the most beautiful trees in the world.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Inside were twelve ginger cookies with scalloped edges, smelling faintly of cinnamon and sugar.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
For each guest there was a cocoa-nut shell, half-filled with miti, a sourish beverage extracted from the cocoa-palm.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
We had each of us a fresh cocoa-nut with a hole bored in it, containing at least a pint of clear, sweet-tasting water.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer