salt junk

American  

noun

Nautical Slang.

1. salted beef or pork.

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Etymology

Origin of salt junk

First recorded in 1785–95

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Example Sentences

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salt junk

This is better,” he went on, as he looked at the next; “this ’ere is biscuits; and with biscuits and salt junk, and a banana now and then, no man need grumble.”

From With Cochrane the Dauntless by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

While Rokens somewhat nervously tapped the head of Number 6, Miss Martha, in order to divert attention from him, asked Mr Millons if sea-fare was always salt junk and hard biscuit?

From The Red Eric by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

A lump of salt junk, a dab of damper, and a bed in a corner made us feel so jolly we could hardly go to sleep for laughing.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables

I have just finished my dinner of salt junk and potatoes.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Great are the miseries of a midshipman’s berth, when the crockery is all broken, and the grog all drunk, and the salt junk all eaten.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat

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