"fly biscuit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fly biscuits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fly biscuit (plural fly biscuits)
  1. (British) garibaldi biscuit; currants squashed between two thin, rectangular biscuits. Tags: British Synonyms: dead fly biscuit, squashed fly biscuit
    Sense id: en-fly_biscuit-en-noun-5odWM9LF Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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