salt horse
nounNautical Slang.
salted beef; salt junk.
Origin of salt horse
1First recorded in 1830–40
Words Nearby salt horse
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How to use salt horse in a sentence
"So long as you don't have to eat salt horse, you ought to consider yourself lucky," retorted Rector.
The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge | Frank Gee PatchinThese consisted of three or four bags of ship's biscuit and a number of large pieces of boiled salt horse.
My Danish Sweetheart, Volume 3 of 3 | William Clark RussellA deputation waited upon the captain to protest and demand their proper rations of "salt horse."
The Log of a Sea-Waif | Frank T. BullenThe "salt horse" which was served out for breakfast aboard the Royal James made scant appeal to the Delaware boy's appetite.
The Black Buccaneer | Stephen W. MeaderThey worked at the rope-tarring till suppertime, then rose wearily, stretching, and went for their salt-horse and biscuit.
The Black Buccaneer | Stephen W. Meader
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