hardtack
a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
Origin of hardtack
1- Also called pilot biscuit, pilot bread, ship biscuit, ship bread.
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How to use hardtack in a sentence
I had always made it a rule to keep a supply of sugar and some hard tack in my haversack, ready for an emergency.
"Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier | Warren OlneyYes, I'm sure that it's one o' them wagons we was guardin', and I recollect it was loaded with hard tack.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyHaving a romantic temperament and a taste for heroics, I had wished to fight and eat hard tack for my country.
Duffels | Edward EgglestonThis time there were no hot beefsteaks, no fresh rolls, no fried potatoes, no coffee—nothing but cold corned beef and hard tack.
Down the Rhine | Oliver OpticThere was the breakfast—salt junk and hard tack—regular sailor's fare.
Down the Rhine | Oliver Optic
British Dictionary definitions for hardtack (1 of 2)
/ (ˈhɑːdˌtæk) /
a kind of hard saltless biscuit, formerly eaten esp by sailors as a staple aboard ship: Also called: pilot biscuit, ship's biscuit, sea biscuit
British Dictionary definitions for hard tack (2 of 2)
Irish informal whisky
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