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salt horses

salt horses is the plural of salt horse.

Meaning of salt horse

Noun

salt horse (countable and uncountable, plural salt horses)

  1. (US, obsolete, uncountable, sailor's slang) salt beef
  2. (UK, countable) A naval officer or rating whose training and experience have qualified him as a seaman rather than in any specialised trade.

Questions about salt horses

What is salt horses the plural of?
Salt horses is the plural of salt horse.

Words near salt horses in the dictionary

  1. salt grasses
  2. salt hay
  3. salt hays
  4. Salt Hill
  5. salt horse
  6. salt horses
  7. salt in the wound
  8. Salt Island
  9. salt junk
  10. salt lake
  11. Salt Lake City

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