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Definition of Salad days
1. Noun. The best time of youth.
Definition of Salad days
1. Noun. A period of inexperienced youthful innocence accompanied by enthusiasm and idealism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salad Days
Literary usage of Salad days
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirty Years, Anglo-French Reminiscences (1876-1906) by Thomas Barclay (1914)
"CHAPTER II REPUBLICAN salad days AND BISMARCK I GREW up with the Republic.
On May 9, 1876, when I invaded the gay city, the Republic was still barely out of ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... for the human race's sake. salad days Shakespeare coined this term in Anion;
and Cleopatra (1607), wherein Cleopatra dismisses her former love of Caesar ..."
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