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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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Arrives the milk, to be treated as another loving cup, mingled with orange, lemon, sugar, tea, biscuit, chocolate, and cake.

From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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

From One Basket by Edna Ferber

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 R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

"Oh, Beck!" she could only stammer, when the sisters went into the kitchen for hot water and tea biscuit.

From Mother by Kathleen Thompson Norris

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 Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

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