| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| worth ones salt |
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| Worth ones salary (a word that comes from the Latin for salt) or wages. From the Roman custom of paying soldiers money to buy salt. | 1 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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