What does ship's biscuit mean?

ship's biscuit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"I found nothing else to do but to offer him one of my good Swede’s ship’s biscuits I had in my pocket."
"I found a ship's biscuit and a wizened apple in my sketch sack. They smelled of turpentine and revolted my appetite. At dusk I ate them greedily."

ship's biscuits (plural)

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