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K ration

K ra·tion (plural K ra·tions)


noun 
Definition:
 
packaged meal for U.S. soldiers: an emergency food ration consisting of one prepared meal, supplied to U.S. soldiers fighting in World War II

[Mid-20th century. After Ancel Benjamin Keys (b. 1904), U.S. physiologist]
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