See salty dog on Wiktionary
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"A cocktail consisting of gin or vodka, grapefruit juice, and a salt rim."
],
"links": [
[
"cocktail",
"cocktail"
],
[
"gin",
"gin"
],
[
"vodka",
"vodka"
],
[
"grapefruit",
"grapefruit"
],
[
"salt",
"salt"
]
]
}
],
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}
],
"word": "salty dog"
}
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