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Light, brittle biscuit
Answer for the clue "Light, brittle biscuit ", 8 letters:
cracknel
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Word definitions for cracknel in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cracknel \Crack"nel\ (kr?k"n?l), n. [F. craquelin, fr. D. krakeling, fr. krakken to crack. See Crack , v. t.] A hard brittle cake or biscuit. --Spenser.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A hard, crisp biscuit 2 (context in the plural English) crackling (fried pork fat)
Usage examples of cracknel.
She knew there was not a lot more to follow, but it was the best, and, like the pork cracknel she sometimes had on a Sunday, she always conserved the nice things until the end.
Dymov hurriedly drank a glass of tea, took a cracknel, and, smiling gently, went to the station.
I could find a woman with an unsatisfied craving for cracknels, I should marry her.
Hardboileds, toffee, fudge and allsorts, crunches, cracknels, humbugs, glaciers, marzipan, and butterwelsh for the Welsh.
As before, he boiled water to make tea, while he opened a box of cracknels and two tins of choice Italian sar dines.
On the table was a plate of cracknels and a plate of sardines, with a bottle of claret.
Hardboileds, toffee, fudge and allsorts, crunches, cracknels, humbugs, glaciers, marzipan, and butterwelsh for the Welsh.