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sold salt to a slug

sold salt to a slug is the simple past and past participle 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 sold salt to a slug

What is sold salt to a slug the simple past and past participle of?
Sold salt to a slug is the simple past and past participle of sell salt to a slug.

Words near sold salt to a slug in the dictionary

  1. sold one's soul to the devil
  2. sold oneself
  3. sold out
  4. sold out from under
  5. sold past the close
  6. sold salt to a slug
  7. sold short
  8. sold snow to Eskimos
  9. sold someone a bill of goods
  10. sold the dummy
  11. sold the family silver

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