saltish

Example Sentences

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They sipped on their saltish Kashmiri pink tea a little longer instead of starting on the buffet their host had set out.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2017

"It was found to be saltish to the taste, and to dissolve readily in water."

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

Tea made with saltish water, and salt sheep's milk, have been the only drawbacks of the six days' march.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

At the depth of 1,222 feet the water became saltish, then sulphury.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

Wild greens were plentiful; some resembled those at the Cape of Good Hope, "and may be used in place of wormwood;" others were long and saltish, and like sea parsley.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Flinders, Matthew