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Aunt Sally
(Aunt Sally)
Pronunciation:
/ɑːntˈsali/
noun
(
plural
Aunt Sallies
)
[
mass noun
]
a game played in some parts of Britain in which players throw sticks or balls at a wooden dummy.
[
count noun
]
a dummy used in the game of Aunt Sally.
[
count noun
]
a person or thing set up as an easy target for criticism:
today’s landowner is everyone’s Aunt Sally
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