subs. (schoolboys’).—A sweetmeat made of boiled brown sugar or treacle with blanched almonds.
1825. HONE, The Every-day Book, I., 51. HARDBAKE, brandy-balls, and bull’s-eyes.
1836. DICKENS, Pickwick Papers, ii. The commodities exposed for sale in the public streets are marine stores, HARD-BAKE, apples, etc.
