ship biscuit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ship biscuit
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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And steps from what is possibly the earliest discovered bakery, they found a ship biscuit: an indestructible combination of flour, salt and water designed to sustain sailors on their voyages.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2018
Salt I had none, but I did possess a ship biscuit and a piece of cold baked taro, and with pigeon and crayfish, what more could a hungry man desire?
From "Martin Of Nitendi"; and The River Of Dreams 1901 by Becke, Louis
This, with tea and ship biscuit, constituted their supper.
From Under the Great Bear by Munroe, Kirk
The two dirigibles drifted together and the boys handed over some tins of pilot bread or ship biscuit with which the larder of the Luther Barr, as Frank had called her, was well provided.
From The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest by Goldfrap, John Henry
Giving each a small portion of ship biscuit and a taste of water, he enjoined on each a careful watchfulness and a provident use of our small stock of provisions.
From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Wildman, Rounsevelle
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