deer lick
a spot of ground, naturally or artificially salty, where deer come to lick.
Origin of deer lick
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How to use deer lick in a sentence
"There comes your trouble now," he added, pointing to a girl on a brown pony, coming slowly out of the timber near the deer lick.
The Shepherd of the Hills | Harold Bell WrightThere was a deer-lick on our camp-ground there at Bridge Creek, and during the night deer came down and strayed through the camp.
Tenting To-night | Mary Roberts RinehartNaturally it is a "deer-lick," which makes it a Mecca during the open season to hunters.
The Lake of the Sky | George Wharton JamesWhen only seven or eight miles from Wheeling and west of the Ohio river, they came upon a trail which led to a deer lick.
A History of the McGuffey Readers | Henry H. VailFinally one of them got up and moved away, taking a torch with him, doubtless with the intention of watching a deer lick.
The Life and Times of Col. Daniel Boone, Hunter, Soldier, and Pioneer | Edward Sylvester Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for deer lick
a naturally or artificially salty area of ground where deer come to lick the salt
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