Aunt Sally
a person who is a ready target for criticism or focus for disputation.
Origin of Aunt Sally
1Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use Aunt Sally in a sentence
"Well, Aunt Sally is the wisest woman in the world," replied Mrs. Bassett, with emphasis.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonThey're the best kind of pals, and of course Aunt Sally and the old professor were friends all their lives.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonShe always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonAunt Sally laughed, an amused, throaty little chuckle at this, and then the worried frown came back.
The Dragon's Secret | Augusta Huiell SeamanHighly flattered, Aunt Sally rose to lead the girls indoors to the sunny room where she kept her plants.
The Dragon's Secret | Augusta Huiell Seaman
British Dictionary definitions for Aunt Sally
/ (ˈsælɪ) /
a figure of an old woman's head, typically with a clay pipe, used in fairgrounds and fêtes as a target for balls or other objects
any person who is a target for insults or criticism
something set up as a target for disagreement or attack
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse