Triscuit
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English[edit]
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