salt chuck

noun

, Canadian Informal.

1. the ocean.
2. any body of salt water.

Word History and Origins

Origin of salt chuck¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

“For those of us in the entertainment industry who deal with fame and celebrity, it’s something you’ve got to work out fairly early on — that while it’s a great gift to have that attention and appreciation and fame, you’ve got to take it with a grain of salt. Chuck struggled with that.”

From Los Angeles Times

To bathe, they had to dive out their bedroom window and into the cold salt chuck of the harbor.

From Literature

Showed ’em to the latrine, showed them new ones the trail to the salt chuck, showed ’em the best place for butter clams.

From Literature

She went barefoot, avoiding barnacles, picking her way along the flats with the tide drawn out and the salt chuck grass sleek against the mud in sun-dried fans.

From Literature

Returning to Alki it was a little rough and the vegetables were well moistened with salt chuck, as were the passengers also, probably, deponent saith not.

From Project Gutenberg