DCHP-1 Online
damper † [< Australian E] 
n. a kind of bannock.
See also: bannock
- 1850 Our fare in the Fort was primitive -- chiefly damper (scorched balls of dough), potatoes, and fish wine, coffee, and tea.
- 1962 . . . now a meal consisted of tea and "damper," with the Indians reduced to eating roots and fern.
- 1850 Our fare in the Fort was primitive -- chiefly damper (scorched balls of dough), potatoes, and fish wine, coffee, and tea.