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 knew that the attack was almost due, so I prepared for it and took my iron rations with me.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
At night he crawled over to the bodies of the dead and took their water-bottles and "iron" rations, and so brought drink and food to his stricken friends.
From Now It Can Be Told by Gibbs, Philip
Yet there were times when the infantry had a bare day's supply with them, though they had their iron rations to fall back upon.
From How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine by Massey, William Thomas
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