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hardtack

noun

Etymology

From hard + tack.

  1. derived from *takkō✻ — “twig, branch, shoot”
  2. inherited from tak
  3. compounded as hardtack — “hard + tack”

Definitions

  1. A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water

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

    • Meronym: reefer's nut
    • Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.

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