ginger-nut

"I like that vewy well, and I wish I could have been there," was Maud's condescending remark, as she put back the little bag, after a careful peep inside, as if she hoped to find an ancient ginger-nut, or a well-preserved peppermint drop still lingering in some corner.

An Old-Fashioned Girl 1950

SAM, ask the gentleman behind if his boy would like a ginger-nut.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 31, 1891 Various

From her he had acquired the alphabet and many a ginger-nut and decorative bonbon.

The Prophet of Berkeley Square Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

"I always thought that a stupid saying," remarked the Brat, as he helped himself to a ginger-nut with pink icing.

The Princess Passes 1901

"I like that vewy well, and I wish I could have been there," was Maud's condescending remark, as she put back the little bag, after a careful peep inside, as if she hoped to find an ancient ginger-nut, or a well-preserved peppermint drop still lingering in some corner.

An Old-Fashioned Girl Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1870

A child came in afterwards, alone; with an actual clean spot in the middle of her face, where a ginger-nut or an acid drop might go in.

Real Folks 1865

"I like that vewy well, and I wish I could have been there," was Maud's condescending remark, as she put back the little bag, after a careful peep inside, as if she hoped to find an ancient ginger-nut, or a well-preserved peppermint drop still lingering in some corner.

An Old-Fashioned Girl Louisa May Alcott 1860

Another cracking starter was the fresh romaine leaves in a ginger-nut sauce with marinated duck or veal (348 rubles, $11.20), a large, filling portion that again managed to create an impression of lightness with the freshness of its ingredients, which included nuts and a white sauce (the hint of ginger was delicate, bordering on the entirely absent).

The St. Petersburg Times 2010

Like fellow ginger-nut Paul Collingwood standing at the crease yesterday afternoon soaking up everything South Africa's bowlers can throw at him, Middlesbrough manager Gordon Strachan has "blocked" the proposed £1. 5m move of Austrian defender

The Guardian World News 2010