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
She was a weevil and I found her in my ship's biscuit.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917 by Various
Some had ship's biscuit, which they tried to soften in the dirty ditch water, othersPg 266 were lapping like dogs out of the puddles.
From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora
There was no liquor on board, but he found some garments which were not very damp, and after trying to rub himself he put them on and munched a ship’s biscuit while he did so.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
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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