hardbake
Britishnoun
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And we gave H. O. some of the hardbake, to make it easier for him to keep his vow.
From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. (Edith) Nesbit
It was crammed with cakes, butterscotch, hardbake, pots of jam, and even a bottle of ginger wine—enough to compromise a chameleon!
From Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers by F. Anstey
And we got hardbake and raspberry noyau and peppermint rock and oranges and a coconut, with other nice things.
From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. (Edith) Nesbit
The commodities chiefly exposed for sale in the public streets are marine-stores, hardbake, apples, flat-fish, and oysters.”
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper
Pray do not let your children waste their pennies in tarts, cakes, bull's eyes, hardbake, sour fruit, &c., they are very unwholesome, and hurt the digestion.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley
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