tea biscuit
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I am on ordinary "camp diet," which means tea, biscuit, and bully-beef or stew.
From In the Ranks of the C.I.V. by Erskine Childers
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
Sometimes you could detect the delectable scent of browning, hot tea biscuit.
From One Basket by Edna Ferber
That afternoon they drove to the mountain's top and saw the sunset, only to be late home to Aunt Susan's tea biscuit and cold chicken, and having a surprising appetite.
From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Charles Clark Munn
It takes a determined woman to make tea biscuit for no one but herself.
From One Basket by Edna Ferber
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