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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How to use soda biscuit in a sentence

Salemina always describes a Scotch scone as an aspiring but unsuccessful soda-biscuit of the New England sort.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin
Maw had put a red geranium on the table; there was the crispy fragrance of frying salt pork and soda biscuit in the air.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
In less than fifteen minutes the man placed before me a cup of coffee and some soda biscuit.
The House of Martha|Frank R. Stockton
She gives me now a glass nearly full at bed time, with one soda biscuit.
Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum|Mary Huestis Pengilly

I refused to eat it; if it had been beef tea with soda biscuit in it, I would have taken it myself.
Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum|Mary Huestis Pengilly

British Dictionary definitions for soda biscuit

soda biscuit

noun

a biscuit leavened with sodium bicarbonate

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