hardtack
pronunciation
How to pronounce hardtack in British English:
UK ['hɑ:dtæk]
How to pronounce hardtack in American English:
US ['hɑdtæk]
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- Noun:
- very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
- a mountain mahogany
Word Origin
- hardtack (n.)
- "ship's biscuit," 1830, from hard (adj.) + tack (n.3); soft-tack was soft wheaten bread.
Example
- 1. Lt 's better than hardtack and gruel , that 's for sure .
- 2. If it was too wet to light a fire , they had to subsist on hardtack biscuits and cold sowbelly doused in vinegar .