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fly biscuit

fly biscuit noun: garibaldi biscuit; currants squashed between two thin, rectangular biscuits.

fly biscuit: garibaldi biscuit; currants squashed between two thin, rectangular biscuits
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Noun

fly biscuit (plural fly biscuits)

  1. (UK) garibaldi biscuit; currants squashed between two thin, rectangular biscuits.
    • 1912?, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store
      At noon we had lunched off fly biscuits and apricots by the side of a swampy creek.

Synonyms of fly biscuit

Forms of fly biscuit

pluralfly biscuits

Questions about fly biscuit

What does fly biscuit mean?
Fly biscuit means garibaldi biscuit; currants squashed between two thin, rectangular biscuits.
What part of speech is fly biscuit?
Fly biscuit is a noun.
What is the plural of fly biscuit?
The plural of fly biscuit is fly biscuits.

Words near fly biscuit in the dictionary

  1. fly baker
  2. fly ball
  3. fly balls
  4. fly belt
  5. fly belts
  6. fly biscuit
  7. fly biscuits
  8. fly blind
  9. fly bomb
  10. fly bombs
  11. fly bottle

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