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
This, with tea and ship biscuit, constituted their supper.
From Under the Great Bear by Munroe, Kirk
When he seasoned them with some morsels of pork, substituting ship biscuit for bread, his repasts were fit for an admiral.
From The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe by Saintine, Joseph Xavier
They ate plain bean soup from tin mugs, and hard ship biscuit from their hands, and their table was a long board, let down from above by ropes.
From Eric or, Under the Sea by Samuels, S. B. C. (Susan Blagge Caldwell)
Dring had some ship biscuit with him, in his bag.
From American Prisoners of the Revolution by Dandridge, Danske
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