salt chuck
Americannoun
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the ocean.
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any body of salt water.
Etymology
Origin of salt chuck
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Showed ’em to the latrine, showed them new ones the trail to the salt chuck, showed ’em the best place for butter clams.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
To bathe, they had to dive out their bedroom window and into the cold salt chuck of the harbor.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
She went barefoot, avoiding barnacles, picking her way along the flats with the tide drawn out and the salt chuck grass sleek against the mud in sun-dried fans.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Returning to Alki it was a little rough and the vegetables were well moistened with salt chuck, as were the passengers also, probably, deponent saith not.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez
He watched her dabble her hands in the salt chuck, dry them coolly on a piece of burlap.
From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney
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