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old salts

old salts is the plural of old salt.

Meaning of old salt

Noun

old salt (plural old salts)

  1. (idiomatic) A seasoned sailor, especially one who is hardy and forthright in manner.
    • [A]n old salt don't like to keep under hatches, while powder is burning on deck.1863, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 24, in Miles Wallingford

Questions about old salts

What is old salts the plural of?
Old salts is the plural of old salt.

Words near old salts in the dictionary

  1. old rose
  2. old roses
  3. Old Russian
  4. Old Ruthenian
  5. old salt
  6. old salts
  7. Old San Jose
  8. Old Sarum
  9. old saw
  10. old saws
  11. Old Saxon

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