beaten biscuit
nounSouthern U.S.
a hard, unleavened biscuit, made to rise by pounding and folding the dough.
Origin of beaten biscuit
1An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
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How to use beaten biscuit in a sentence
On this day, between the disks of her beaten biscuit showed the pinkness of sliced ham.
Emmy Lou | George Madden MartinRemember me to your elderly and amiable handmaiden, whose beaten biscuit I recall with such felicity.
Mavis of Green Hill | Faith Baldwin"That's all right," answered Lloyd, tossing the olive stone out on the grass, and helping herself to a beaten biscuit.
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor | Annie Fellows JohnstonThere was beaten biscuit and fried chicken and iced watermelon, and all sorts of good things.
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor | Annie Fellows JohnstonFried chicken and sweet potatoes, beaten biscuit and fragrant coffee, had a flavour all their own to Burns that night.
Red Pepper Burns | Grace S. Richmond
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