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salt chuck

noun

, Canadian Informal.
  1. the ocean.
  2. any body of salt water.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of salt chuck1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

He watched her dabble her hands in the salt chuck, dry them coolly on a piece of burlap.

At the break of day we paddled away over the remainder of the salt-chuck, as the Indians call the sea, until Stetchas was reached.

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