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Synonyms for salt water
| Grammar : Noun |
Définition of salt water
Origin :- Old English sealtera watera. As an adjective from 1520s. Salt-water taffy attested by 1886; so called because it originally was sold at seashore resorts, especially Atlantic City, N.J. (see taffy).
- noun water containing salt
- They are cousins to the mermaids, that swim in the salt water.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- Aluminum is not advisable for fittings when the boat is to be sailed in salt water.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- Every fluid of the body is salty, and every cell of the body is bathed in salt water.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- Father loved to look at salt water by sunlight or moonlight—or no light.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I think it must be in our blood, this being able to keep well and happy on salt water.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- His garments were soaked, and the salt water dripped from his shoulders to the sand.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- When I'm on salt water I'm a man—you don't believe it, but I am.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It was the general opinion that it was no craft for salt water.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Must be tough to live so fur off from salt water: I couldn't stand it, I know that.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- A small rivulet of salt water poured from each as he pulled them off.
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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- back the salt mines
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- with a grain of salt
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