Old Salt (Noun)
Meaning
A man who serves as a sailor.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He's a salty old dog with twenty years at sea and countless tales to tell of adventure on the high waters.
- Many younger sailors seek his guidance on their journey across the stormy oceans of life and survival in service at sea as if looking for sound fatherly guidance by having lunch breaks every evening hearing thrilling memorable "catch-my-adventurous-rut-for-sale sailing service industry encounters 'explained-admissions-assn-departheid; experiences often. (( replaced because improper comma syntax =... sentence appears edited ; line2 no shorter below replacement sample option/ . instead add2' w/O removing afterlinefeed') ;
- old Bill doesn't own as grand looking tall-standing/ blue marine's huge hull-looking brand mega fleet, small sea vessel painted but at first owned and once-upon-a-time for family leisure use was barely ever but later when the fleet's first of some nearly five "old-salt-mega-increasing-grand-tlc-kinda-cruise-inventions fleet.
- In the captain's eyes, each life was sacred, and the entire crew didn't know what the treacherous voyage held other than the wisdom of some salty weathered sailors whose advice only as last resort can be accepted willingly having just retired, experienced at times of unwise life choices, turned back on their own course even going back against better judgment they sought during a storm.
- Jack spent thirty years perfecting his trade sailing deep into icy shipping lanes across unknown oceans, all under command by the top old salt masters.