zwieback

American  

[zwahy-bak, -bahk, zwee-, swahy-, swee-, tsvee-bahk] / ˈzwaɪˌbæk, -ˌbɑk, ˈzwi-, ˈswaɪ-, ˈswi-, ˈtsviˌbɑk /

noun

1. a special egg bread made into rusks.

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zwieback British  

/ ˈtsviːbak, ˈzwiː-, ˈzwaɪˌbæk /

noun

1. a small type of rusk, which has been baked first as a loaf, then sliced and toasted, usually bought ready-made

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Etymology

Origin of zwieback

1890–95, < German: twice-baked, equivalent to zwie twice + backen to bake. See twi-, bake; biscuit

Example Sentences

On a diet of zwieback, Lasik sits in a druggist's window advertising the shocking effects of not drinking cod liver oil; later he understudies for a circus monkey.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You smart thing," she says, "have a zwieback."

From Time Magazine Archive

Next the pilots loaded in rations prepared by their good fraus: sausage, chocolate, zwieback, hard-boiled eggs, bananas, lemons, orange juice, tea.

From Time Magazine Archive

He rose promptly at seven o'clock each morning, put on his brown uniform, breakfasted on fruit, zwieback and a glass of milk.

From Time Magazine Archive

Do not give anything to baby between its regular meals but water; crackers, zwieback, and bread are prohibited between.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson