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selling salt to a slug

selling salt to a slug is the present participle and gerund of sell salt to a slug.

Meaning of sell salt to a slug

Verb

sell salt to a slug (third-person singular simple present sells salt to a slug, present participle selling salt to a slug, simple past and past participle sold salt to a slug)

  1. Synonym of sell ice to Eskimos.

Questions about selling salt to a slug

What is selling salt to a slug the present participle and gerund of?
Selling salt to a slug is the present participle and gerund of sell salt to a slug.

Words near selling salt to a slug in the dictionary

  1. selling plates
  2. selling point
  3. selling points
  4. selling price
  5. selling prices
  6. selling salt to a slug
  7. selling short
  8. selling snow to Eskimos
  9. selling someone a bill of goods
  10. selling the dummy
  11. selling the family silver

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