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∙ 12y agoit is a stovewood
In the story "The Hickory of Toothpick," the trough refers to a container typically filled with water or used for feeding animals. It is where the animals in the story drink from, emphasizing the natural setting of the hickory tree and its importance to the animals' survival.
The name Hickory means caring, kind, loving
Rations where nicknames for the portable meals the soldiers carried. There were C Rations and K Rations. So when an officer says "Preserve your rations" he means use them sparingly so you don't run out of food.
This phrase is commonly used to describe someone who is very thin or skinny. The comparison to a toothpick emphasizes the person's slight and slender frame.
Hickory dickory dock (the mouse ran up the clock)
the stage;station, stop; rations given to troops in the field
It would depend on the size, shape, and weight of the water bottle, and whether you mean a glass or plastic container. Also, if you mean a 'hot water bottle', that uses different material and holds more or less weight depending on how full it is.
rations rhymes with fashions, passions, brass 'uns
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
I assume you mean C rations. In cans, mostly.
The letter "C" doesn't actually stand for anything. Fresh food was given an "A" nomenclature (A-ration). Packaged but unprepared food was given a "B" nomenclauture (B-ration). C-rations designated prepackaged, prepared foods which were ready for consumption upon opening. The survival rations were given a "D" or "K" nomenclature.