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Hardtack

noun
1.
Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple.  Synonyms: pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit.
2.
A mountain mahogany.





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... the silver and valuables hid and the Yankees did not find them, but they went into marster's store and took what they wanted. They gave my father a box of hardtack and a lot of meat. Father was a Christian and he quoted one of the Commandments when they gave him things they had stolen from others. 'Thou shalt not steal', quoth he, and he said he did not appreciate having ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States • Various


Words linked to "Hardtack" :   biscuit, mahogany tree, mahogany


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