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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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