BISCUIT
ADJECTIVES
2004 — HARD AS THE HOBS OF HELL said of ‘hardtack’ biscuits → Amer. sl., Spanish-American War usage (Bk.)
NOUNS
1785 — BAKE a biscuit → Sc.
1823 — BISCAKE a biscuit → Eng. & Amer. dial.
.M19 — PANTILE a hard biscuit, sometimes with jam spread on it → sl.
1860 — BISKEY — BISKY a biscuit → 1860 Eng. dial.
1900 — CLINKER a hard biscuit → US sl.
1930 — CATHEAD a biscuit, esp. a large one →Amer. dial.
1945 — DOUGHGODS biscuits → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1945 — HOT ROCK a biscuit → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1945 — SINKERS biscuits → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1945 — SOURDOUGH BULLET a biscuit → US Western sl. (Bk.)
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