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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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.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
These days, the old salt flats are inhabited by osprey, egrets, pelicans, herons, and more.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 10 Mar. 2025
On May 13, an irresponsible driver destroyed a 113-year old salt tram tower in Saline Valley while attempting to free his vehicle from mud.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
Sailor might be a background that a player takes for a character but most Dungeon Masters will assume the old salt has long since been retired from the sea.
Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition has taken on a nautical theme for two books during its run.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
There was on a little hill beside an old salt marsh.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
The Suites Carefully carved into the cliffs of Oia on the site of an old salt mine, suite interiors ooze a perfect blend of Cycladic minimalism and modern brutalist design.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2024
Max Oliver is an old salt, but compared to his 103-year-old crewmate, Max is but a child - her child.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 14 July 2023
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
These days, the old salt flats are inhabited by osprey, egrets, pelicans, herons, and more.
—Laura Begley Bloom, AFAR Media, 10 Mar. 2025
On May 13, an irresponsible driver destroyed a 113-year old salt tram tower in Saline Valley while attempting to free his vehicle from mud.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
Sailor might be a background that a player takes for a character but most Dungeon Masters will assume the old salt has long since been retired from the sea.
Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition has taken on a nautical theme for two books during its run.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
There was on a little hill beside an old salt marsh.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2024
The Suites Carefully carved into the cliffs of Oia on the site of an old salt mine, suite interiors ooze a perfect blend of Cycladic minimalism and modern brutalist design.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2024
Max Oliver is an old salt, but compared to his 103-year-old crewmate, Max is but a child - her child.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 14 July 2023
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“Old salt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20salt. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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