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saltie /ˈsɔːlti /noun Australian informalA saltwater crocodile: he was doing maintenance on the crocodile pen when the saltie tried to make a meal of him...- Its core, containing millions of invaluable photographs, survives and falls to earth over northern Australia, only to be ingested by a huge saltie.
- After hearing tapping on the door to their room, a couple of weary travellers peered through the curtains to be greeted by a 2.5 metre female saltie staring back at them.
- His wife Jane, who is also a police officer, was praised for her quick thinking after driving their boat between her husband and the big saltie and hauling him out of the water.
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