Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse.

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  • noun UK, dialect soil; dirt
  • noun UK, dialect dirty water
  • noun UK, dialect urine from a cowhouse

Etymologies

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Contracted from Gaelic salachar filth, nastiness, from salach nasty, from sal filth, refuse.

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Examples

  • * Coming soon to a Starbucks near you: the Trenta-saur, known to strafe the landscape with nervous, indiscriminate e-mails.

    Lunch Room Chatter: Starbucks unleashes the Trenta-saur! Tim Carman 2011

  • The eco-saur, who's seen the light of family values and the beauty of biodiversity.

    Other Simulated Worlds 2008

  • February 29, 2008 at 10:42 am jello, teh red kind kraut, saur lemon meringuee piez

    Add kitty to cart? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • This time it was Victoria Vetri prancing around and, Jim Danforth animated dinosaurs including the unforgettable "Dano-saur" which was completely made up but had personality that the CG dinos of today can only wish for.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Zillabob 2008

  • This time it was Victoria Vetri prancing around and, Jim Danforth animated dinosaurs including the unforgettable "Dano-saur" which was completely made up but had personality that the CG dinos of today can only wish for.

    10.000 B.C. Zillabob 2008

  • The eco-saur, who's seen the light of family values and the beauty of biodiversity.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • Luckily I smell like saur kraut and I haven't had a mint since last eating so my breath is a little rank.

    Read It! j-ku 2007

  • And, BTW, if you are into experimenting and have too many apples, try to substitute apples for cabbage - making saur apples.

    Making Sauerkraut in Mexico 2005

  • Let's pack our bags what's there is enough-for-us on an island without a single the-saur-us or greenhouse gases or toxic spills or internet access or sleeping pills

    Moken Spoken Here 2005

  • Let's pack our bags what's there is enough-for-us on an island without a single the-saur-us or greenhouse gases or toxic spills or internet access or sleeping pills

    Moken Spoken Here 2005

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