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Aunt Sally
noun
Chiefly British.
- a person who is a ready target for criticism or focus for disputation.
Aunt Sally
/ ˈæɪ /
noun
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Aunt Sally1
First recorded in 1860–65; so called from the figure used as a target at fairs
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The best pralines I have ever eaten were in New Orleans, from a shop near the French Market called Aunt Sally’s, a family-owned, women-led company that has been hand-pouring French Creole-style pralines since 1935.
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Never saccharine-sweet or grainy as some pralines can be, Aunt Sally’s sets the bar to measure all the rest, and Praline Apple Cake captures the spirit of their perfection.
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It is the cake version of Aunt Sally’s pralines.
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Let’s say you want to give Aunt Sally a gift card to a clothing store.
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“I do have an aunt Sally,” Madge says, amazed.
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