reefer's nut

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English

Noun

reefer's nut (plural reefer's nuts)

  1. The centre part of a ship’s biscuit. This part was compressed and even harder than the rest of the biscuit.

References

Acquired Tastes: Celebrating Australia's Culinary History, Colin Bannerman (and others), published by the National Library of Australia, 1998, →ISBN, page 10.