shanty biscuit

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a kind of unleavened bread made of coarse flour and resembling hardtack, used in earlier days in the bush cabins and camps.

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1961

There was also generally a barrel of shanty biscuit (hardtack) on hand for use before the cook got his bread baked, in emergencies and on journeys.