soda biscuit

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noun

a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.

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Origin of soda biscuit

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Words nearby soda biscuit

Socratic method, Socred, sod, soda, soda ash, soda biscuit, soda bread, soda cracker, soda fountain, soda jerk, soda lake

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The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.
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That, like the matches, had long ago been used up, and our discoverers were reduced to roasted biscuit-crumbs.
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Amorphous urates are readily soluble in caustic soda solutions.
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He walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.
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British Dictionary definitions for soda biscuit

soda biscuit

noun

a biscuit leavened with sodium bicarbonate

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