pemmican
or pem·i·can
dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
Origin of pemmican
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How to use pemmican in a sentence
At the worst, an abstract ideal is pemmican to carry the voyager through the long nights until the ice begins to break.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood BrounHoosh is a stodgy, porridge-like mixture of pemmican, dried biscuit and water, brought to the boil and served hot.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe pemmican we used consisted of powdered dried beef (containing the important protein, myosin) and 50 per cent.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonOrdinary pemmican is readily eaten, but not appreciated by the dogs in the same way as seal meat.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonAfter depoting a pick, shovel and some pemmican, we started back, thinking it might be possible to reach the Hut the same night.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for pemmican
pemican
/ (ˈpɛmɪkən) /
a small pressed cake of shredded dried meat, pounded into paste with fat and berries or dried fruits, used originally by American Indians and now chiefly for emergency rations
Origin of pemmican
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