1
: hard crisp bread originally used as ship's stores
2
: a sweet or plain bread baked, sliced, and baked again until dry and crisp
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Biscuits went by unappetizing names such as hardtack, rusks and ship’s biscuits, their durability their main asset.
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Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2020
Toss with about ½ cup of vinaigrette, making sure to combine thoroughly so the rusks begin to soak up the vinaigrette.
—Sarah Fritsche, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2020
Toss with about ½ cup of vinaigrette, making sure to combine thoroughly so the rusks begin to soak up the vinaigrette.
—Sarah Fritsche, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
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rusk
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: a sweet or plain bread baked, sliced, and baked again until dry and crisp
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