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K ration

kra·tion

uncommon

noun

1.

a small package of emergency rations; issued to United States troops in World War II

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Origin

Coined by the United States War Department in or about 1942, from K + ration. The letter K is arbitrary, chosen to distinguish the name from earlier C ration and D ration.

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