a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback.
light, soft, sweetened biscuit.
1585–95; alteration Spanish or Portuguese rosca twist of bread, literally, screw
A rusk is a very hard, dry cookie or bread that's commonly given to babies to gnaw on. You can also serve rusks at a party with cheese or a tasty dip. Rusks go through the baking process at least twice. By definition, hard cookies like Italian biscotti and crispy flatbreads like melba toast qualify as rusks, since both are twice — baked and have a dry, crisp texture. The term rusk most commonly applies specifically to the hard cookies that teething babies can safely chew on. The word comes from the Spanish rosca, "twist of bread."
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Some restaurants will also serve breakfast with fruit pudding, a mix of flour, rusk, oatmeal and fruit.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2021
If you try to monkey with it too much from a later perspective you run the rusk of muddying the waters.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2021
In 1972: sautéed frog legs Provençal, creamed Welsh rabbit on a Holland rusk, and, in a gust of brand names, “Hollywood Diet Bread” and “Steamed Uncle Ben’s Rice.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2017
I feel too fat to finish my rusk.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2013
Dr. Trefusis paused in his enjoyment of a rusk.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Rusk, where the high court grappled with a naturalized citizen being stripped of her citizenship for returning to her home country for a few years.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Officials in Rusk County, near the Louisiana border, said that more than 100 vehicles there had been damaged by a hailstorm.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
So when he got an offer from Washington State while at West Rusk High School in Texas, he jumped at the chance to join a Power Five program in his dad’s home state.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Ms Rusk was stylist to the stars and her clients included the Duchess of Kent, actress Greta Scacchi and singer Sharleen Spiteri.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged everyone to buckle in.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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