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Synonyms for hardtack
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hahrd-tak |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑrdˌtæk |
Définition of hardtack
Origin :- 1836, "ship's biscuit," from hard (adj.) + tack (n.3); soft-tack was soft wheaten bread.
- As in cracker : noun hard, often salted, baked wafer
- I had some hardtack and tea in my “grub bag,” and these I left with her.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- Jerked beef and hardtack, washed down with coffee, was their fare.
- Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
- Hardtack was served with this soup and made a most satisfactory meal.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- We shall feed our men on herring and hardtack with the coffee.
- Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
- Kirby swallowed what must have been the last soggy crumb of hardtack.
- Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
- Both sides were starving, the one for tobacco and the other for hardtack and bacon.
- Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- They still had some hardtack, but of meat and coffee there was none.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of a Boy Reporter » by Harry Steele Morrison
- The hardtack and provisions carried on march leave something to be desired.
- Extract from : « Old Fort Garland » by James T. Forrest
- No fire could be made in the galley, so we lived mostly on hardtack.
- Extract from : « Through the South Seas with Jack London » by Martin Johnson
- Hardtack was scarce for a while at Stafford and the thought itself is hungrifying.
- Extract from : « Company G » by A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow
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