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The Britannica Dictionary salad days 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• salad days (noun)

salad days noun salad days noun Britannica Dictionary definition of SALAD DAYS [plural] somewhat old-fashioned 1 : the period of life when someone is young and does not have much experience

• during her salad days as a young reporter in New York city

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• in his salad days as an actor, when he made one hit movie after another

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