What is "aunt sally"

Aunt \Aunt\, n. [OF. ante, F. tante, L. amita father's sister. Cf. Amma.]

1. The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

   Note: Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related.

2. An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.]
   --Shak.

3. A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.]
   --Shak.

   Aunt Sally, a puppet head placed on a pole and having a pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it.

n. 1 A traditional game in which balls are thrown to break the pipe in the mouth of a figurine resembling an old woman. 2 (context idiomatic English) A figure drawing criticism or ridicule; a straw man.

Aunt Sally is a traditional English game in which players throw sticks or battens at a model of an old woman's head. It was usually played in pub gardens and fairgrounds. The game is still played today, mainly in Oxfordshire and some bordering counties. It is played in leagues by pub teams throughout the spring and summer months, in teams of 8.

Aunt Sally were an avant-punk-psychedelic-rock group from Japan, active in the late 1970s. Members besides creative heads Phew (vocals) and Bikke (guitars, vocals) were Kataoka (bass guitar), Takashi Maruyama (drums) and Mayu (keyboards).

Female singer Phew later earned small underground popularity when working with DAF, Einstürzende Neubauten, Anton Fier, Otomo Yoshihide [Novo Tono] and musicians from Can.

Aunt Sally is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Sam Hardy and Phyllis Clare. The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington Studios.