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Meanings of pilot biscuit in English
Spanish
hardtack Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple.
Synonyms
Examples for "hardtack"
Examples for "hardtack"
1
All he was able to eat was some hardtack dipped in tea.
2
Kirby swallowed what must have been the last soggy crumb of hardtack.
3
From moment to moment I stuffed my mouth with hardtack and pork.
4
The Adjunct picked up a hardtack biscuit, dipped it in the tea.
5
The hole now exposed, Captain Kean stuffed it with sea biscuit, or hardtack.
1
At noon they dismounted and lunched on salt-pork and pilot bread.
2
The first course is broiled jack rabbit with pilot bread and delicious, sparkling alkali water.
3
The White Chief sat down leisurely on a box of pilot bread as if to better enjoy the situation.
4
Near the glass into which he had drawn the water, lay a small piece of pilot bread, and this he dropped into the tumbler.
5
Nothing appears to be wanting; but here is good pilot bread, potatoes even, and other little niceties, in addition to the turtle and the fish.
1
The sailor grinned and passed him a fragment of sea biscuit.
2
The hole now exposed, Captain Kean stuffed it with sea biscuit, or hardtack.
3
Then add some broken sea biscuit, and boil fifteen minutes longer.
4
Bits of white bread or sea biscuit can be used in the same way.
5
I've had a sea biscuit and a spoonful of salmon in the last two days.
1
The crazy fellow was eating some ship biscuit, which lay in a basket.
2
Dring had some ship biscuit with him, in his bag.
3
This, with tea and ship biscuit, constituted their supper.
4
As was my custom, I had in the pocket of my singlet a number of ship biscuit.
5
There was a bag of ship biscuit; we fried some hung beef, and made a jolly good supper.
Usage of pilot biscuit in English
1
They decided on pilot biscuit and the always dependable beans.
2
And this cheese and crackers isn't half way bad, even if it is pilot biscuit.
3
Not a fish, not a hunk of venison, not a pilot biscuit was on their sled.
4
They squatted on the bank and opened their beans, but beans and pilot biscuit made dry eating, and soon the canteens were empty.
5
Cheered by the very thought of something to be done, Lucile munched her half of the pilot biscuit and bit of reindeer meat contentedly.