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Saleratus

noun
1.
A white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid.  Synonyms: baking soda, bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate.





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"Saleratus" Quotes from Famous Books



... being told when a Crambry child appeared on the bridge, bearing a note for the old man. Upon reading it he moved off rapidly in the direction of the store, ejaculating: "Bless my soul! I clean forgot that saleratus, and mother's settin' at the kitchen table with the bowl in her lap, waitin' for it! Got so int'rested in your list'nin' I never ...
— Homespun Tales • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... seedy one, sniffing again. "But I don't like your talk. You and me have been friends, off and on, for fifteen year; and I never yet knew or heard of you giving anybody up to the law—not no one. And here was a man whose saleratus you had et and at whose table you had played games of cards—if casino can be so called. And yet you inform him to the law and take money for it. It never ...
— Options • O. Henry


Words linked to "Saleratus" :   sodium bicarbonate, hydrogen carbonate, bicarbonate of soda, baking soda, bicarbonate


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