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Hardtack

noun
1.
Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple.  Synonyms: pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit.
2.
A mountain mahogany.






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"Hardtack" Quotes from Famous Books



... of others, Christine and Dennis at last received an army biscuit (hardtack in the soldier's vernacular) and a tin-cup of what resembled coffee. To him it was very touching to see how eagerly she received this coarse fare, proving that she was indeed almost famished. Too ...
— Barriers Burned Away • E. P. Roe

... afternoon, and turned the camp into a tarn, and the trails into torrents and quagmires. We were not given quite the proper amount of food, and what we did get, like most of the clothing issued us, was fitter for the Klondyke than for Cuba. We got enough salt pork and hardtack for the men, but not the full ration of coffee and sugar, and nothing else. I organized a couple of expeditions back to the seacoast, taking the strongest and best walkers and also some of the officers' horses and a ...
— Rough Riders • Theodore Roosevelt



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