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salt mine

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Noun1.salt mine - a mine where salt is dugsalt mine - a mine where salt is dug            
mine - excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
2.salt mine - a job involving drudgery and confinementsalt mine - a job involving drudgery and confinement
job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"


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In this he failed, but Alexis was sent a convict to Siberia, where now, at this moment, he works in a salt mine.
His relatives, failing to understand that a question of sentiment was involved in this proceeding, appealed to hard facts, and reminded him that there were no salt mines in the neighborhood.
 
 
 
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