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Empire biscuit

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Belgian biscuit, biscuit bun, double biscuit, double shortbread, Empire cookie, German biscuit, Imperial biscuit, Imperial cookie, Linzer biscuit

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.