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

Yet there were times when the infantry had a bare day's supply with them, though they had their iron rations to fall back upon.

From How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine by Massey, William Thomas

Shopkeepers, particularly those who sold oysters, fresh fish, fruits, cheese, all delicacies whatsoever to victims of iron rations in the trenches, could retire on their profits unless they died from exhaustion in accumulating more.

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick

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 Gibbs, Philip