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  • proper noun informal, UK The Salvation Army.

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Examples

  • It is wonderfully appropriate that the Masters, for instance, should reward its champion with a parsley--coloured blazer that only a golfer could care for, and that the rest of us would have taken down to the Sally Army quicker than you can say hole-in-one.

    England's cricketers will get a mace to go with their kingly crown | Emma John 2011

  • Coming out in a religious cult that makes the Sally Army look liberal is no mean feat.

    A brief history of lesbian TV 2011

  • Coming out in a religious cult that makes the Sally Army look liberal is no mean feat.

    A brief history of lesbian TV 2011

  • There is a report in the Telegraph today claiming that the Sally Army have been banned from rattling their collection tins this Christmas because of the possibility that they might offend or intimidate the faithful adherents of other religions.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • He amazed me when he told me that he always used to get a cup of tea from the Sally Army who served our troops near the front line.

    [salvos] nobbled by the pc maniacs 2008

  • Of the Rolf Harris hit, penned in fact in 1902 and popularised by Harry Lauder, Two Little Boys sorry this is not a permalink ringing through her ears as she - ragged Sally Army dressed tom boy - played with an angelic faced real boy, like Pinocchio once he'd learned to tell the truth and shame the devil.

    Nads: Angelic Sweetheart, Rolf Harris, Maggie Thatch 2008

  • With her own mother Nads a frequent claimant - though sadly lying through her teeth - of born-in-a-Council House, dressed by the Sally Army, filthy rags to filthy riches miracle.

    Exclusive: Nadine Can 2008

  • So ringing bells for the Sally Army wasn't so bad ... the entrance to Hobby Lobby has a little awning that we could stand under, which kept the rain from landing on my pumpakin head.

    The Tech Report: News 2010

  • So I volunteered to ring the Sally Army bell in front of Hobby Lobby in Pekin from 10-11 tomorrow morning.

    The Tech Report: News 2010

  • So I volunteered to ring the Sally Army bell in front of Hobby Lobby in Pekin from 10-11 tomorrow morning.

    The Tech Report: News 2010

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