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pilot biscuit

noun



pilot biscuit

noun

  1. another term for hardtack
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of pilot biscuit1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Example Sentences

There Bunny, his father and Bunker Blue had some hot clam chowder, with big crackers called "pilot biscuit," to eat with it.

Not a fish, not a hunk of venison, not a pilot biscuit was on their sled.

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