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
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Origin and Etymology of 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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