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
Oh, there was a small beaker of water, a little salt horse, and some salt-water-soaked sea biscuit - enough to keep us alive to Tagalag.
From The Red One by London, Jack
He made a menacing gesture; and the boys took each a deep draught of water, and began to nibble the hard sea biscuit that was their fare.
From Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days by Rainey, W. (William)
In one hand he held a small bottle of Barbadoes water, and in the other a bag, in which he had a goblet, and some sea biscuit.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
Weary at last with gazing on the grandeur everywhere around us, we would rivet our attention for a spell upon things less romantic—bloater paste and sea biscuit.
From Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Stables, Gordon
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