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- proper noun A
diminutive of the femalegiven name Sarah , also used as a formalgiven name . - proper noun UK A
nickname for theSalvation Army
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Examples
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Sally, said Tom, when they reached the kitchen door, and Sally looked at them in speechless amaze, with a piece of bread-and-butter in her mouth and a toasting-fork in her hand, Sally, tell mother it was Maggie pushed Lucy into the mud.
X. Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected. Book IBoy and Girl 1917
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Mer, they solved in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY *in the negative*: the proposition that Harry and Sally couldn’t be friends because they would want to have sex was not exactly refuted by them ending up together romantically.
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Mer, they solved in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY *in the negative*: the proposition that Harry and Sally couldn’t be friends because they would want to have sex was not exactly refuted by them ending up together romantically.
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The name Sally Laird made more sense than Sally Harrison did.
TRIAL BY FIRE J.A. JANCE 2009
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Mr. JUNIAK: This is what we call the Sally Port (ph) area.
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Sally is up for re-election and she is a pretty smart cookie.
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If the list is accurate there is at least one former astronaut among the panel in Sally Ride and surprisingly Jeff Greason of XCOR.
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Sally is finally getting a handle on things and is doing really well.
Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Don Strikes Back Samantha Zalaznick 2010
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If the list is accurate there is at least one former astronaut among the panel in Sally Ride and surprisingly Jeff Greason of XCOR.
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Sally is the ideal psychoanalytic patient -- her problems are about internal conflicts, feelings too intense for her to modulate, and a poignant family situation requiring precocious self-understanding and maturity to navigate.
Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon: Madgirl Part 3: Sally's Analysis Is Working and There Will Be Hell to Pay Dr. Prudence L. Gourguechon 2010
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