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Aunt Sally

Pronunciation: /ɑːntˈsali/

Definition of Aunt Sally

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

Aunt Sally in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Aunt Sally in the US English dictionary