attic salt
dry, delicate wit.
Origin of attic salt
1- Also called attic wit .
Words Nearby attic salt
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How to use attic salt in a sentence
Thibauts songs blended the courteous poetry of the troubadour tradition with the attic salt of his own most civilized Champagne.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyAnd all the while I was tugging at my box of attic salt, to get it open, to get a pinch.
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; | Herbert George WellsThere is the attic salt which springs from the charm in the words, from the flash of wit, from the spirited and brilliant sally.
Book of Wise Sayings | W. A. CloustonAlas, if I had only taken the supposed rapidity of my progress with a grain of attic salt!
Atlantic Classics | VariousTwas attic salt (sermone bono) that flavoured most the food.
Helps to Latin Translation at Sight | Edmund Luce
British Dictionary definitions for Attic salt
refined incisive wit
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