iron rations
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All three agreed that relief funds were now being spread so thin that those being helped were on "iron rations."
From Time Magazine Archive
Disappointed we lie down and consider whether we couldn’t have a go at the iron rations.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
A supply of iron rations was also furnished each car from the supply car of the special.
From The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces by Bachman, William Elmer
They ate their iron rations, and then were hungry.
From Now It Can Be Told by Gibbs, Philip
Every man, besides carrying a "First Aid" bandage in the flap of his coat, carries a day's "iron" rations in his haversack.
From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie, John Allister
