iron rations

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All three agreed that relief funds were now being spread so thin that those being helped were on "iron rations."

From Time Magazine Archive

Disappointed we lie down and consider whether we couldn’t have a go at the iron rations.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

They had their iron rations with them, and lived on these until they were gone.

From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip

The troops were served out with three days' provisions, and the intendance was furnished with a supply of "iron rations" from the magazines of the fortress.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

Yet there were times when the infantry had a bare day's supply with them, though they had their iron rations to fall back upon.

From How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine by Massey, William Thomas