Definition of Saltie

1. n. The European dab.

Definition of Saltie

1. Noun. (Australia informal) A salt-water crocodile (or estuarine crocodile). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saltie

1. a deep-sea vessel sailing the Great Lakes [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saltie

salted plasma
salted serum
salter
salter-harris fractures
saltern
salterns
salters
saltest
saltfish
saltfoot
saltfree
salticid
salticids
saltie (current term)
saltier
saltiers
salties
saltiest
saltigradae
saltigrade
saltigrades
saltillo
saltillos
saltily
saltimbanco
saltimbancos
saltimbocca
saltimboccas

Literary usage of Saltie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"saltie, AND SALT-WATER 1I.KI K. Edinburgh. ... Dr. Neill reports it as common in the market of Edinburgh, where it is called saltie, or Salt-water ..."

2. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Jesuits, Reuben Gold Thwaites (1900)
"This bay bears a Name which has a meaning not so offensive in the language of the savages; For they call it la baye saltie ["salt bay"] rather than Bay des ..."

3. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"saltie, AND SALT-WATER 1I.KI K. Edinburgh. ... Dr. Neill reports it as common in the market of Edinburgh, where it is called saltie, or Salt-water ..."

4. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Jesuits, Reuben Gold Thwaites (1900)
"This bay bears a Name which has a meaning not so offensive in the language of the savages; For they call it la baye saltie ["salt bay"] rather than Bay des ..."

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