hard tack

noun

1. informal.
   whisky

Example Sentences

He recounts the story of Pinocchio’s creation and truancy; he records his own fish-confined madness and despair; he continues to make art, painting portraits of lost loves and fashioning filial surrogates — lifeless, alas — out of old hard tack and shards of crockery.

From New York Times

But it has taken a hard tack in its response to the pandemic to try to prevent the rapid spread seen in North America and elsewhere, becoming among the first in the region to bar entry of Americans.

From Los Angeles Times

Another compared the crust to “hard tack.”

From Washington Post

When she sipped the broth, she smiled and asked for “hard tack,” or pilot bread.

From Seattle Times

When she sipped the broth, she smiled and asked for “hard tack,” or pilot bread.

From Washington Times