Hardtack

Word HARDTACK
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Hyphenation hard tack
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Definitions and meanings of "Hardtack"

What do we mean by hardtack?

A hard biscuit or bread made with only flour and water. noun

Large, coarse, hard biscuit baked without salt and kiln-dried, much used by sailors and soldiers: ship-biscuit. noun

Same as hardhead, 6. noun

A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of unleavened hard biscuit or sea bread. Called also pilot biscuit, pilot bread, ship biscuit and ship bread noun

Any of several mahogany trees, esp. the Cercocarpus betuloides. noun

A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships. noun

A mountain mahogany noun

Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple noun

A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hardtack

The word "hardtack" in example sentences

“A new delicacy I found out about,” he said, and looked sidelong at Picard, “called hardtack.” ❋ DIANE DUANE (2000)

On the card was this message: "The Bible says, 'Love your enemies' -- here is an enemy for you to conquer," for it was a well-known fact that grandfather found it hard to overcome his dislike of the "hardtack," as he denominated the beaten biscuit prepared for him. ❋ Miriam Gaines (N/A)

With their brains we made a paste which, together with "hardtack," resulted in a delicious sandwich, resembling pâté de foie gras. ❋ Unknown (1923)

Some of our first stores purchased were "hardtack" and corned beef, which we found we could procure from the steward of a Liverpool boat which was anchored off-shore. ❋ Unknown (1923)

Pinetop, who was leisurely eating his breakfast of "hardtack" and bacon, took a long draught from his tin cup, and replied, as he wiped his mouth on his shirt sleeve, that he "reckoned thar wouldn't be any trouble about finding room for them, too." ❋ Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1909)

Water for drink, for fevered wounds and burning throats, they had in abundance; but the last "hardtack" had been shared, the last scrap of bacon long since devoured. ❋ Charles King (1888)

During the day a line of men came single file over the hill near the camp, each bearing on his shoulder a box of "hardtack" or crackers. ❋ Carlton McCarthy (1872)

She wondered if this was what she’d read about in history books, what pioneering Americans had called hardtack. ❋ GREGORY SPENCER (2007)

"Starting at sunrise, we paddled and poled till noon, when we rested and ate" hardtack, "roast alligator (the remains of the white one), farinha (a kind of tapioca made from arrowroot, and one of the staple foods of Brazil), and molasses. ❋ Unknown (1923)

Not only in Quantico, where I drove her, but in Bordeaux, and later up in our training area, she carried everything from sick men to hardtack. ❋ Beth Crumley (2012)

They had only salt meat and hardtack to eat, and scurvy ravaged the garrison. ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

It was lined with hardtack; the mattress was stuffed with hardtack; every nook and cranny was filled with hardtack. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One and all, from the cook to Buckwheat, they swear they have no knowledge of any food for'ard, save the small supply in the galley and the barrel of hardtack in the forecastle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was lined with hardtack; the mattress was stuffed with hardtack; He was taking precautions against another possible famine -- that was all. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A barrel of good hardtack stands always open in the forecastle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He munched a raw onion and chewed on hardtack for his dinner. ❋ Douglas Waller (2011)

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