Salt-horse Definition
noun
(US, obsolete, sailor's slang) Beef.
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Noun
Singular:
salt-horse
Plural:
salt horsesOrigin of Salt-horse
From the fact that horse meat was considered especially unappetizing and rarely eaten, but that the meat had been so heavily salted and dried that it could just be horse meat passing off as cow meat.
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