DCHP-1 Online
shanty biscuit Obs. 
a kind of unleavened bread made of coarse flour and resembling hardtack, used in earlier days in the bush cabins and camps.
See also: shanty cake
- 1961 There was also generally a barrel of shanty biscuit (hardtack) on hand for use before the cook got his bread baked, in emergencies and on journeys.
- 1961 There was also generally a barrel of shanty biscuit (hardtack) on hand for use before the cook got his bread baked, in emergencies and on journeys.