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ship biscuit

American  
[ship bis-kit] / ˈʃɪp ˌbɪs kɪt /
Sometimes ship bread

noun

  1. hardtack.


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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