Definitions
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- noun A
hard dry biscuit made fromflour ,butter ,yeast andmilk ; often eaten withcheese .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The original Bath Oliver (normally eaten with cheese) is made simply from butter, milk, yeast and flour, the secret being that the dough is repeatedly rolled and folded as for puff pastry.
Merry Cookies 2008
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"And you can do military," Maxie announced, extracting from his gas mask case an old tin flask clad in khaki cloth and a packet of Bath Oliver biscuits.
the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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"And you can do military," Maxie announced, extracting from his gas mask case an old tin flask clad in khaki cloth and a packet of Bath Oliver biscuits.
The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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A bottle of bovril embedded itself quietly there without damage, and a tin of Bath Oliver biscuits beat a fierce tattoo on one of corned beef.
Miss Mapp 1903
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Shelf after shelf was crowded with eatables; there were tins of corned beef and tongues (that she knew already), there was a sack of flour, there were tubes of Bath Oliver biscuits, bottles of bovril, the yield of a thousand condensed Swiss cows, jars of prunes ....
Miss Mapp 1903
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They were not, of course, allowed to act on Midsummer Night itself, but they went down after tea on Midsummer Eve, when the shadows were growing, and they took their supper — hard-boiled eggs, Bath Oliver biscuits, and salt in an envelope — with them.
Puck of Pook’s Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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‘Have a Bath Oliver,’ said Dan, and he passed over the squashy envelope with the eggs.
Puck of Pook’s Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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They were not, of course, allowed to act on Midsummer Night itself, but they went down after tea on Midsummer Eve, when the shadows were growing, and they took their supper -- hard-boiled eggs, Bath Oliver biscuits, and salt in an envelope -- with them.
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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'Have a Bath Oliver,' said Dan, and he passed over the squashy envelope with the eggs.
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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"Weaponry, ordnance, firepower, calibre, all that crap 'taking a bite of his Bath Oliver biscuit.
The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006
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