biscuit bread

noun

A type of unleavened bread made from flour and water.

First used 15th c.

Meanings

nounbiscuit bread (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of unleavened bread made from flour and water.First known use 15th c.
  2. USdialectaluncountableA type of savoury bread in the form of a small cake or scone, typically made from flour, fat and a raising agent.First known use 19th c.

    “Folks up dat way don't eat biscuit bread but once uh week.”

    1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad, published 2013, page 56
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