Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The salt-water fluke or dab, Limanda platessoides.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European dab.
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- noun Australia, informal A salt-water crocodile (or
estuarine crocodile ).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Northern Territory News reported that a three-metre "saltie" spied on a group of fishermen before tucking into the shark they had just reeled in.
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He's just a saltie at heart ... stepping off, with aplomb, I might add, into the sacred church of trout on the fly.
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He's just a saltie at heart ... stepping off, with aplomb, I might add, into the sacred church of trout on the fly.
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It had certainly seen something, probably my black coat and yellow light, thought I was a saltie.
Magic X Nina Alvarez 2010
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Darwin Crocodile Farm owner Mick Burns returned to the scene of the attack yesterday and said the female saltie was still there.
Croc Update Update Bill Crider 2008
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The female saltie bit Darwin Crocodile Farm worker Jason Green on the right arm while he was collecting eggs with workmate Zac Fitzgerald at Marrakai Station on Monday.
Croc Update Update Bill Crider 2008
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Jimmy Howard last night told how he lassoed the saltie before taking off his red jocks and putting them over its eyes to calm it down.
Croc Update (Jockey Shorts Edition) Bill Crider 2007
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But the 4.62m saltie doesn't seem to know the difference between love-making and dinner.
Archive 2009-12-06 Bill Crider 2009
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The 2m-long male saltie was basking next to Vanderlin Drive near Homes Jungle Nature Park - only 5km from the police headquarters.
Archive 2009-11-01 Bill Crider 2009
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Jimmy Howard last night told how he lassoed the saltie before taking off his red jocks and putting them over its eyes to calm it down.
Archive 2007-11-11 Bill Crider 2007
bilby commented on the word saltie
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December 11, 2018