Read full poem →handling a pitchfork at a hayrack,
after the eggs and biscuit and coffee,
the pearl-gray haystacks
Dictionary Entry
(rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. biscuitcompany biscuittin biscuitdough biscuitbiscuit nationalbiscuit dogbiscuit hard
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Poetry examples for “biscuit”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →All wiry arms and legs that spread out wavy
From a humped body nigh as big's a biscuit.
But work! that man could work, especially
Read full poem →The Marineres gave it biscuit-worms,
And round and round it flew:
Read full poem →Thy morning bounties ere I left my home,
The biscuit, or confectionary plum;
The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestow'd
Read full poem →The Marineres gave it biscuit-worms,
And round and round it flew: