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Meanings of
hard tack
in English
Russian
галеты
Spanish
galleta nautica
Catalan
bescuit
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Simple, spoil-resistant cracker.
rusk
brewis
hard biscuit
pilot bread
ship's biscuit
shipbiscuit
sea biscuit
cabin bread
sea bread
hard bread
Russian
галеты
Usage of
hard tack
in English
1
The government was allowing
hard
tack
and pickled beef for the negroes.
2
The day passed in silence and occasional pauses for
hard
tack
and water.
3
Captain sent some frizzled ham and
hard
tack
,
with his compliments.
4
He could, however, see canned goods,
hard
tack
,
and condensed milk.
5
He has taken
hard
tack
and bacon enough to keep him alive several days.
6
There was the breakfast-saltjunk and
hard
tack
-
regular
sailor
's
fare.
7
There's
hard
tack
and cheese and olives in the kitchen.
8
Come, fellows, thirteen dollars a month,
hard
tack
,
and glory!
9
In the morning, I gulped water,
hard
tack
and then sought Tegan in the field.
10
He opened them sitting by the same fire, munching his
hard
tack
as he read.
11
They received their allotment, and were well satisfied with
hard
tack
because they were free.
12
We told them we had bannock and bacon, but partook of their canned beef and
hard
tack
.
13
Naval life in the 1500s included an allowance of
hard
tack
,
a simple cracker that sailors lived off.
14
Pike gave him a big tin mug of steaming coffee and a couple of "
hard
tack
.
"
15
The stone under which it had been placed was there right enough, as were several chunks of
hard
tack
.
16
The next course was fish, each man having a can of sardines, and we ate them with
hard
tack
.
Other examples for "hard tack"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
hard
tack
hard
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
hard tack
Russian
галеты
галета
галет
Spanish
galleta nautica
hardtack
hard tack
galleta náutica
Catalan
bescuit
Hard tack
through the time
Hard tack
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common