Aunt Sally
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Aunt Sally/ɑːntˈsali/
▶noun (pl. Aunt Sallies)
- 1 a game played in parts of Britain in which players throw sticks or balls at a wooden dummy (formerly a figure of a woman).
- 2 a person or thing set up as an easy target for criticism.
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