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Aunt Sally Definition


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Aunt Sally
noun Aunt Sallies
    1. A game in which sticks or balls are thrown at a dummy in the form of an old woman with a pipe, with the object of knocking the pipe out of the dummy's mouth.
    2. Any target of abuse.
Etymology: 19c.



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