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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Aunt Sally
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Popular feature of fairs from the mid-19C, consisting of a wooden head of a woman with a clay pipe in her mouth. Competitors threw objects at her to try and break the pipe. The phrase became used by extension for anyone on the receiving end of abuse.
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