Ryvita

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Etymology

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Trade name, presumably from rye and vitality or similar.

Proper noun

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Ryvita

  1. A rye-based crispbread.
    • 1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier:
      A millionaire may enjoy breakfasting off orange juice and Ryvita biscuits; an unemployed man doesn't.
    • 1977, Margaret Drabble, The Ice Age:
      He covered everything in mustard, including a slice of Ryvita, then propped up a copy of the Property Investment Review against the radio, and read and ate.
    • 2007, Maria Mann, Verity Red's Diary: A Story of Surviving M. E., page 374:
      The sky rumbled like a model's stomach that's survived all day on Diet Coke and is looking forward to a slice of Ryvita topped with a dessert spoonful of low fat cottage cheese, garnished with two wafer thin slices of cucumber.