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tea biscuit

American  

noun

  1. a small, round, soft biscuit, usually shortened and sweetened.


tea biscuit British  

noun

  1. any of various semisweet biscuits

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sometimes you could detect the delectable scent of browning hot tea biscuit.

From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna

Sometimes you could detect the delectable scent of browning, hot tea biscuit.

From One Basket by Ferber, Edna

It takes a brave, courageous, determined woman to make tea biscuit for no one but herself.

From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna

Captain K. told me I had better go below, and that he would keep an outlook and take a little tea biscuit on deck.

From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

They toiled steadily till noon, and then returned to their log-hut for dinner, which consisted of cold pork, hot tea, biscuit, and salt butter.

From Wrecked but not Ruined by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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