tea biscuit

American  

noun

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

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tea biscuit British  

noun

1. any of various semisweet biscuits

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Example Sentences

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 Childers, Erskine

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)

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 Munn, Charles Clark

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

From One Basket by Ferber, Edna

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 Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)