iron rations
Example Sentences
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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
At night he crawled over to the bodies of the dead and took their water-bottles and "iron" rations, and so brought drink and food to his stricken friends.
From Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs
He stated that he had kept up his strength by eating the food and iron rations and drinking the water which he had found upon the dead men around him.
From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by S. J. Wilson
I've been living on iron rations for two days because bears ate up our fresh stuff and tried to eat the mess kits too.
From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods by Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
