Salty dog
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SV Salty Dog is a Bill Garden designed west coast schooner. Gaff rigged now laying at Richmond California. www.my-saltydog.com
A salty dog is a cocktail of vodka or gin and grapefruit juice, served in a glass with a salted rim. The salt is the only difference between a Salty Dog and a Greyhound.
'Salty Dog' also has an older sexual meaning in US folklore and song. See, for example, the traditional song 'Salty Dog Blues' (where the lyric "let me be your salty dog" translates to let me be your sexual partner). It also means ornery, as in the T-Bone Walker tune "Ain't Salty No More." The term comes from the term "sea dog," or a horny sailor. In the U.S. Marines and Navy, one who is a "salty dog" is one who is very experienced, having travelled much and seen more than his fair share of things, used more in the lower enlisted ranks to establish some kind of credibility regardless of rank.
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Naval History
In British and American Navies, a "Salty Dog" refers to generally an older, seasoned, veteran sailor who has had a significant amount of time underway.
Uniflite
Name for the 28 foot sportfishing model produced by the Uniflite company.
Salty Dog Blues
There is also a Folk Song called the Salty Dog Blues. Among others, it has been performed by Roger McGuinn (see external links for free download) and Blind Willie McTell.
Salty Dog
There is also an Irish-punk rock song called Salty Dog by Flogging Molly.