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  • It would turn quail or woodcock into a salt-shaker at 20 yards.

    Ruger Red Label 2009

  • It involved various local councils buying replacement salt-shaker heads for local restaurants.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The FDA to Target Salt 2010

  • It involved various local councils buying replacement salt-shaker heads for local restaurants.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The FDA to Target Salt 2010

  • I got so good at it that I could have peed into a salt-shaker and not miss a single drop.

    Naked Truth Danielle Staub 2010

  • No, she takes the salt-shaker and stuffs it full of these individual packets.

    chubbychic Diary Entry chubbychic 2007

  • “Give me Finnish girls any day,” Lulu told me, handing me a salt-shaker and indicating that my duty was to salt the soup.

    Telegraph Days Larry Mcmurtry 2006

  • At the moment, it lay disassembled on her desk, the ceramic salt-shaker muzzle pointing toward the ceiling, next to the inductor, the feed chamber, and the power pack.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2005

  • I guess it'll take someone ka-thudding to the ground and shriveling up like a slug in a salt-shaker before the appropriate higher-ups actually begin to notice that THIS IS NOT HEALTHY, YOU IGNORANT ASS CLOWNS.

    bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2005

  • In the blurred confusion of a party, had someone slipped a salt-shaker and a dosimeter into his jacket pocket?

    Wolves Eat Dogs Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 2004

  • The salt-shaker that Victor had found on the pavement under Ivanov was the hottest item of all, a bomb spraying gamma rays so hot they turned the glass gray.

    Wolves Eat Dogs Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 2004

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