saltish

Example Sentences

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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

As we approach Marseilles, we cross a dreary flat of wide extent, covered with stones and saltish grass, and said to produce the finest cattle in France.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

Now and then a saltish breeze stole through the draped windows on the sound but was instantly scattered by the vigor of the hidden, whirling fans.

From The Innocent Adventuress by Bradley, Mary Hastings

Unlike horses I saw at Waikiki, which shut their eyes and plunged their heads into water up to their ears, in search of a saltish weed which grows in the lagoons.

From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

El Heymedj, a station having sweet and saltish water.

From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis