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
They had their iron rations with them, and lived on these until they were gone.
From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip
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
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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