saltish
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They sipped on their saltish Kashmiri pink tea a little longer instead of starting on the buffet their host had set out.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2017
Salsaginous, sal-saj′i-nus, adj. saltish: growing in brackish places.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
The saltish old fellow chuckled deep in his hairy throat.
From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Grace Brooks Hill
One might say, to be sure, that they were a little saltish, and then again, with that exception, there was no remarkable flavor; but that might be the rarity, not to have any flavor.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Lewis Gaylord Clark
People eat these berries and find them good, with a saltish, bitter taste, and yet a dash of sweetness.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson
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