The phrase "a rusk" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a type of hard, dry biscuit or twice-baked bread, often served with tea or coffee.
Example: "She enjoyed her afternoon tea with a rusk on the side."
Alternatives: "a biscuit" or "a dry toast".
And is now being mashed up and fed to babies along with some warm milk and a rusk.
In January 1909 Proust experienced the involuntary recall of a childhood memory when he tasted a rusk (a twice-baked bread, which in his novel became a madeleine) dipped in tea.
It was only after my return home – where I started banging on about dakos to anyone who'd listen, not to mention slipping a rusk under any tomato that came my way – that I even heard of this great feat.
Her suggestions include Consommé à l'Estragon, the whites of a couple of eggs whisked into it at the last moment; Natural Meat Jelly, served on a rusk; and, for a main course, a "fresh or slightly pickled tongue" or perhaps a mixed grill, starring mutton cutlets, or devilled game.
In this channel measurement, 8 × 8 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels at a center frequency of 2.45 GHz were measured simultaneously with a RUSK MEDAV channel sounder [23].
The dessert, called Baby Gaga, is churned with donations from London mother Victoria Hiley, and served with a rusk and an optional shot of Calpol or Bonjela.
Is Clegg gonna be slung in Dave's Baby Bjorn nuzzling but occasionally slapping him in the face with a wet rusk?
Cretan barley rusks aren't easy to come by in the UK (try Greek grocers or online), but before you write in to complain about yet another ingredient you can't possibly get hold of, consider this: as a dish, dakos is easy to make with any rusk, even a flour-based one.
"It's not coming to an end," Rusk told Kot, "but it won't be the same company it has been for the last 20 years".
It was – with the possible exception of a gone-off rusk – the closest thing a five-year-old could get to a psychedelic drug.
— Julia Moskin Girl Farm Kitchen Sara Barbourr writes about (and provides a recipe for) rusks, a crunchy South African treat that you'll want to dunk in coffee or tea.
