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Meanings of pilot biscuit in English

Spanish
hardtack

Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple.

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        Examples for "hardtack"
        Examples for "hardtack"
        1
        All he was able to eat was some hardtack dipped in tea.
        The Lure of the Labrador Wild
        2
        Kirby swallowed what must have been the last soggy crumb of hardtack.
        Ride Proud, Rebel!
        3
        From moment to moment I stuffed my mouth with hardtack and pork.
        Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
        4
        The Adjunct picked up a hardtack biscuit, dipped it in the tea.
        Stonewielder
        5
        The hole now exposed, Captain Kean stuffed it with sea biscuit, or hardtack.
        The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador: A Boy's Life of Wilfred T...
        1
        At noon they dismounted and lunched on salt-pork and pilot bread.
        The Story of Wool
        2
        The first course is broiled jack rabbit with pilot bread and delicious, sparkling alkali water.
        The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings
        3
        The White Chief sat down leisurely on a box of pilot bread as if to better enjoy the situation.
        Where the Sun Swings North
        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.
        The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
        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.
        Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef
        1
        The sailor grinned and passed him a fragment of sea biscuit.
        The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
        2
        The hole now exposed, Captain Kean stuffed it with sea biscuit, or hardtack.
        The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador: A Boy's Life of Wilfred T...
        3
        Then add some broken sea biscuit, and boil fifteen minutes longer.
        Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures
        4
        Bits of white bread or sea biscuit can be used in the same way.
        The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking / Adapted to Domesti...
        5
        I've had a sea biscuit and a spoonful of salmon in the last two days.
        South Sea Tales
        1
        The crazy fellow was eating some ship biscuit, which lay in a basket.
        The Golden Canyon
        2
        Dring had some ship biscuit with him, in his bag.
        American Prisoners of the Revolution
        3
        This, with tea and ship biscuit, constituted their supper.
        Under the Great Bear
        4
        As was my custom, I had in the pocket of my singlet a number of ship biscuit.
        The Cruise of the Kawa: Wanderings in the South Seas
        5
        There was a bag of ship biscuit; we fried some hung beef, and made a jolly good supper.
        Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
        Usage of pilot biscuit in English
        1
        They decided on pilot biscuit and the always dependable beans.
        Don Strong, Patrol Leader
        2
        And this cheese and crackers isn't half way bad, even if it is pilot biscuit.
        The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing; Or, Aeroplane Chums in the Tropi...
        3
        Not a fish, not a hunk of venison, not a pilot biscuit was on their sled.
        Triple Spies
        4
        They squatted on the bank and opened their beans, but beans and pilot biscuit made dry eating, and soon the canteens were empty.
        Don Strong, Patrol Leader
        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.
        The Blue Envelope
        Translations for pilot biscuit
        Spanish
        hardtack