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K ration

noun

an emergency field ration for U.S. armed forces when other food or rations are not available, consisting of three separate packaged meals of concentrated or dehydrated food.

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Origin:
1940–45; K for Ancel Keys (born 1904), American physiologist

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K ration

—n
	a small package containing emergency rations used by US and Allied forces in the field in World War II

[C20: K, from the initial of the surname of Ancel Keys (1904--2004), US physiologist who instigated it]

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K ration
[Ancel Benjamin] Keys ration

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