English Explanatory Dictionary

Empire biscuit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of sweet biscuit, typically two pieces of shortbread with a layer of jam between them and icing and a glacé cherry on top, popular in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and some Commonwealth countries.

Word forms

Empire biscuit Empire biscuits

Etymology

Originally known as the Linzer biscuit and later the Deutsch biscuit, it was rechristened the Empire biscuit in England with the outbreak of the First World War, after the British Empire.

Synonyms

Belgian biscuit biscuit bun double biscuit double shortbread Empire cookie German biscuit Imperial biscuit Imperial cookie Linzer biscuit
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