Triscuit

//ˈtɹɪskɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of wholewheat cracker. Canada, US

Etymology

Marketing coinage, said to be from electricity and biscuit, though historical evidence is lacking; 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”).

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