C rations
plural noun North American
A type of tinned food formerly used by American soldiers.However, they like C rations and will eat them for a longer time than American troops will before complaining....
- The meals in the case of C rations would not always be the same from one case to another as the date of production on any case of C rations may vary widely.
- On the frontlines, soldiers were eating K rations, C rations and D rations.
Origin
C for combat.
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