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

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tea biscuit

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

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

From Mother by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

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

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)

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