Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A biscuit raised with soda. See biscuit, 2.

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Examples

  • The outfit ate its "sow-belly," soda-biscuit, and coffee three times a day, and smoked its pipes, but was a little shy on yarns round the camp-fire.

    Judith of the Plains Marie Manning

  • So Jim got his usual breakfast of bacon, uncooked canned tomatoes, soda-biscuit, and coffee.

    Judith of the Plains Marie Manning

  • The soda-biscuit as a porridge with milk rather aggravates the bowels of most persons; therefore, whenever it is found to have this effect, its use should be immediately abandoned.

    Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party Martin Robinson Delany

  • As a matter of fact, his bones ached like a tooth from three long, hard days in the mail-carrier's sledges, and also he recognized certain symptoms which told him that he was in for an attack of dyspepsia due to his enforced diet en route, of soda-biscuit, ham, and bacon.

    The Man from the Bitter Roots Caroline Lockhart 1916

  • It 's no use your askin 'me to stay to supper, because my heart is set on soda-biscuit' n 'I like my own better than any one could ever like yours.

    Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs Anne Warner 1891

  • He also opened a few canned goods, as he called some very exclusive sardines and peaches, and he made an entirely fresh pot of tea, and a pan of soda-biscuit.

    A Modern Instance William Dean Howells 1878

  • "I must," said her neighbor; "I 'm hungry' n 'I want time to beat up some soda-biscuit.

    Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs Anne Warner 1891

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