old salt

noun

informal
: someone who has sailed for many years
An old salt told me tales about life in the navy.

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Bearded young artisans had bought an old salt factory that hadn’t been used since the Second World War. — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026 Originally more than 22,965 feet long, the ancient walls wind over the hillsides, offering stunning views of the Dalmatian countryside and the 4,000-year-old salt pans below. — Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026 Records describing the dangers of a new nuclear-waste repository will be printed on ceramic tablets and placed in an old salt mine in an Austrian mountain. — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025 These days, the old salt flats are inhabited by osprey, egrets, pelicans, herons, and more. — Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for old salt

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“Old salt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20salt. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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