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n. - Very firm unsalted biscuit or bread; A mountain mahogany.

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Usage examples (34)
  • She wondered if this was what she’d read about in history books, what pioneering Americans had called hardtack.
  • With their brains we made a paste which, together with "hardtack," resulted in a delicious sandwich, resembling pâté de foie gras.
  • Our troops carried hardtack and canned roast beef.
  • I suppose it has got to be bacon and hardtack again.
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