old salt
Example Sentences
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Engels, who has bushy white hair and an energetic but unflappable demeanor, comes across as a combination of old salt and enthusiastic college professor.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022
There is the old salt, as untrue as it is ubiquitous, that Spartans never surrendered.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2021
I don’t use a biscuit-cutter, and my seasoning is limited to good old salt and pepper.
From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2021
It has been this way for as long as John Lind, an old salt on the Ranger VI, can remember.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2016
Being an old salt himself, he took no offense in rough company.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
