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Salt River

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Definition of Salt River

: a river symbolizing the route to oblivion for defeated political candidates or parties —usually used in the phrase row up Salt River

History and Etymology for Salt River

from Salt river, Kentucky, that in the early 19th century flowed through a region notorious for its backward backwoods quality

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