| 单词 | midshipman's nuts |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmidshipman's nuts ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > ship's biscuit ship bread1598 bread1625 ship's biscuit1634 pilot bread1788 midshipman's nuts1828 hardtack1830 pilot biscuit1836 pantile1874 Liverpool pantile1899 1828 Night Watch II. viii. 50 ‘You shall have a fistful of midshipman's nuts to crack for your supper.’.. He gave me some broken biscuits. 1846 H. Melville Typee vi. 38 I took a double handful of those small, broken, flinty bits of biscuit which generally go by the name of ‘midshipmen's nuts’. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Midshipman's nuts, broken pieces of biscuit as dessert. < as lemmas |
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