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rusk

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[ ruhsk ]

noun

  1. a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback.
  2. light, soft, sweetened biscuit.


Rusk

2

[ ruhsk ]

noun

  1. (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.

rusk

1

/ °ùÊŒ²õ°ì /

noun

  1. a light bread dough, sweet or plain, baked twice until it is brown, hard, and crisp: often given to babies
“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

Rusk

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/ °ùÊŒ²õ°ì /

noun

  1. Rusk(David) Dean19091994MUSPOLITICS: statesman ( David ) Dean . 1909–94, US statesman: secretary of state (1961–69). He defended US military involvement in Vietnam and opposed recognition of communist China
“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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rusk1

1585–95; alteration Spanish or Portuguese rosca twist of bread, literally, screw
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rusk1

C16: from Spanish or Portuguese rosca screw, bread shaped in a twist, of unknown origin
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At 2 p.m., the diners — a flock of white parrots known as Goffin’s cockatoos — receive an assortment of dried fruit, seeds, cornflakes, bird pellets and a dry, twice-baked toast known as rusk or zwieback.

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Some restaurants will also serve breakfast with fruit pudding, a mix of flour, rusk, oatmeal and fruit.

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If you try to monkey with it too much from a later perspective you run the rusk of muddying the waters.

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I haven't eaten meat since - mac and cheese, green grapes and baby rusks have become my staples.

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Biscuits went by unappetizing names such as hardtack, rusks and ship’s biscuits, their durability their main asset.

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