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hardtack

[ hahrd-tak ]

noun

  1. a hard, hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.


hardtack

/ ˈ³óÉ‘Ë»åËŒ³Ùæ°ì /

noun

  1. a kind of hard saltless biscuit, formerly eaten esp by sailors as a staple aboard ship Also calledpilot biscuitship's biscuitsea biscuit
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Origin of hardtack1

First recorded in 1830–40; hard + tack 2
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Everything seemed to be listed there—from hardtack to copper nails—from sextants to coffeepots.

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We lunched on the small amount of smoked fish and seaman’s hardtack we had bought at a souvenir shop and drank water.

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Wartime museums display the bland hardtack that sustained Civil War fighters, and the canned meats, breads and fruit of World War II, known as C rations.

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European sailors relied on an early form of biscuit called hardtack on the journey to North America.

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In one particularly poignant scene, Joseph decides to make a sculpture out of hardtack biscuits.

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