Aunt Sally

Example Sentences

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Let’s say you want to give Aunt Sally a gift card to a clothing store.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Perhaps it’s time to stop excusing dear Aunt Sally and instead embrace her.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2019

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally West Coast premiere of Kevin Armento’s coming-of-age drama narrated by a troubled teen’s cellphone.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2017

Arthur Taylor, author of Played at the Pub, suggests Aunt Sally - which is played in Oxfordshire and parts of Buckinghamshire - has rather grisly origins.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2017

Must we measure the capacity of dukes and lords by that intellectual standard, "Aunt Sally?"

From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes