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单词 salt chuck
释义

salt chuck


noun Canadian Informal.

the ocean.
any body of salt water.

Origin of salt chuck

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby salt chuck

salt-box, saltbush, salt cake, salt cedar, saltcellar, salt chuck, saltchucker, salt cod, salt dome, Salteaux, salted
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Example sentences from the Web for salt chuck

  • At the break of day we paddled away over the remainder of the salt-chuck, as the Indians call the sea, until Stetchas was reached.

    Blazing The Way|Emily Inez Denny

British Dictionary definitions for salt chuck

saltchuck
/ (ˈsɔːltˌtʃʌk) /

noun

Canadian any body of salt water

Word Origin for saltchuck

C20: from salt + chuck 4
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