ship's biscuit
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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My result was something like a ship’s biscuit, tough as old boots, with a wet, stodgy crumb and gaping holes you could lose a rodent in.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 13, 2019
It wanted little imagination to picture him under his gold oak leaves nibbling with dignity at a ship’s biscuit and saying, “Very good, Harrison, uncommonly tasty–I shall recommend them to Division.”
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
By luck she found Knollys there and he produced bread and cheese and ship's biscuit from the steward's pantry.
From Captivity by Eyles, M. Leonora
Hungry, too, for we had not been able to do more than munch a few ship’s biscuit while we rowed.
From More Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge
The worst of Cabot's distress had already been relieved by a cup of cold tea and a ship's biscuit.
From Under the Great Bear by Munroe, Kirk
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