Shrewsbury cake

Noun

 * 1) A type of flat, crisp biscuit traditionally made in Shrewsbury.
 * 2) * 1794,, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 276:
 * I bought some Shrewsbury cakes at Mr. Paul's in — Street, Covent Garden, eating some of which supported me somewhat.
 * 1) * 1832 August 2,, journal:
 * I received from the mayor an oaken box with a silver top and filled with the famous Shrewsbury cakes.
 * I received from the mayor an oaken box with a silver top and filled with the famous Shrewsbury cakes.