Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fly biscuit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: fly- bis-cuit
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

garibaldi biscuit; currants squashed between two thin, rectangular biscuits.

British usage

Example Sentences

"1912?, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store At noon we had lunched off fly biscuits and apricots by the side of a swampy creek."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

fly biscuits (plural)

Synonyms

dead fly biscuit squashed fly biscuit

Questions

What does fly biscuit mean?: garibaldi biscuit; currants squashed between two thin, rectangular biscuits.

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