salt-box
Americannoun
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a box in which salt is kept.
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a type of house found especially in New England, generally two full stories high in front and one story high in back, the roof having about the same pitch in both directions so that the ridge is well toward the front of the house.
Etymology
Origin of salt-box
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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In the past few decades, McMansions have replaced salt-box homes that could have been easily picked up and moved away from the water, Jennings noted.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2014
At that time young Spelman was busy making a salt-box for his mother out of the sound bits of an old oak floor which his father had taken up because it was dry-rotted.
From Gutta-Percha Willie by George MacDonald
They haunted houses, concealed in the salt-box, the butter-tub, or some other hiding-place; they spied upon the people of the house, and watched for the opportunity to tempt them and lead them into evil.
From The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 by D. B. Stewart
What payment could he offer, he who could scarcely find the coins to fill his salt-box or to mend his surplice?
From The Waters of Edera by Ouida
It was a wooden salt-box, and the sliding cover was nailed on.
From Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
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