iron rations
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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All three agreed that relief funds were now being spread so thin that those being helped were on "iron rations."
From Time Magazine Archive
Disappointed we lie down and consider whether we couldn’t have a go at the iron rations.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
I've been living on iron rations for two days because bears ate up our fresh stuff and tried to eat the mess kits too.
From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
Refilling point, to-morrow, will be at Babœuf, sir," he added, "and after to-morrow it will be only iron rations.
From Pushed and the Return Push by Nichols, George Herbert Fosdike
A supply of iron rations was also furnished each car from the supply car of the special.
From The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces by Bachman, William Elmer
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