Usually means: Experienced sailor, wise in seamanship.
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  1. old salt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. old salt: Merriam-Webster
  3. old salt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. old salt: Vocabulary.com
  5. old salt: Wiktionary
  6. old salt: Dictionary.com
  7. Old Salt, Old salt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Old salt: Rhymezone
  9. Old Salt: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. old salt: FreeDictionary.org
  11. old salt: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. old salt: Mnemonic Dictionary

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  1. old salt: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. old salt: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Old Salt: Latitude Mexico

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noun:  (idiomatic) A seasoned sailor, especially one who is hardy and forthright in manner.

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