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noun Canadian Informal.

the ocean.

any body of salt water.

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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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How to use salt chuck in a sentence

He watched her dabble her hands in the salt chuck, dry them coolly on a piece of burlap.
Poor Man's Rock|Bertrand W. Sinclair
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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