OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 41145

hardtack

Meanings (ES + gloss)
galleta náutica
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 b…
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