Triscuit

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Triscuit

Etymology edit

Marketing coinage, said to be from electricity and biscuit, though historical evidence is lacking;^[1] sources from around the time of its introduction interpreted the name to mean "thrice-cooked" (from tris-), like biscuit is ultimately from bis (“twice”) cuit (“cooked, baked”).^[2]

Noun edit

Triscuit (plural Triscuits)

(US, Canada) A kind of wholewheat cracker.

References edit

^ Triscuit endorsement of the "electricity" theory; cf earlier response from Nabisco
^ Medical Press and Circular, volume 127 (29 July 1903), page 130

Anagrams edit

truistic

[1] Triscuit endorsement of the "electricity" theory; cf earlier response from Nabisco

[2] Medical Press and Circular, volume 127 (29 July 1903), page 130

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