sea biscuit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sea biscuit
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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By living partly on sea biscuit, he managed to earn a Ph.D. at Columbia.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was supposed to be of the same quality as sea biscuit or pilot bread, but I never saw any equal to that article.
From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
There was a pannikin of cold stewed tea slung from a hook in there, and half a sea biscuit on one of the bunks.
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Stanley L. Wood
I've had a sea biscuit and a spoonful of salmon in the last two days.
From South Sea Tales by Jack London
Then add some broken sea biscuit, and boil fifteen minutes longer.
From Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures by Joe Tilden
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