Bath Oliver

noun

A hard dry biscuit made from flour, butter, yeast and milk; often eaten with cheese.

Meanings

nounBath Oliver (plural Bath Olivers)

plural Bath Olivers

  1. A hard dry biscuit made from flour, butter, yeast and milk; often eaten with cheese.

Origin

The biscuit was invented by William Oliver (1695–1764), an English physician from Bath, Somerset, around 1750.

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Bath Oliver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bath%20Oliver

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“Bath Oliver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bath%20Oliver. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bath Oliver,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bath%20Oliver.

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