Definitions

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  • noun Australia The Salvation Army.

Etymologies

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From Salv(ation Army) +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”), analysed as a plural.

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Examples

  • And I meant to do my own version, and bought a lonely bear from the Salvos.

    Archive 2008-10-01 lili 2008

  • And I meant to do my own version, and bought a lonely bear from the Salvos.

    The Secret Life of Bears lili 2008

  • Eric Flint talks about fair use of work in the continuation of his 'Salvos Against Big Brother' column, and how DRM and extend copyright advocates would like to take it away, he says this:

    REVIEW: Jim Baen's Universe #8 2007

  • It looks like there are enough clothes and toys to go by, but when we rip out our kitchen, I'll ask the Salvos to come and get our still-working stove, gas cooktop and microwave.

    Did our bit mikandra 2009

  • This sort of thing requires letters to be written and petitions to be signed, not particularly for the Salvos but for any of us caught in this mindless, do-gooder, wet blanket PC madness.

    [salvos] nobbled by the pc maniacs 2008

  • This sort of thing requires letters to be written and petitions to be signed, not particularly for the Salvos but for any of us caught in this mindless, do-gooder, wet blanket PC madness.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • I normally donate some money to the Salvos when they come to the door, but somehow this year I missed them.

    Life is not always good mikandra 2008

  • For Boomers and younger, it might be as well to know that before the proliferation of help organizations, hotlines and so on, a very good thing, by the way, it was mainly the Salvos who were on the front line of domestic violence victims, addicts, derelicts and the like.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • Again and again I say - you might not be Christian, you might have a jaundiced view of the Salvos and what they preach but if you sit back and let this go with ne'er a murmur, then one day the PC maniacs are going to turn on you.

    [salvos] nobbled by the pc maniacs 2008

  • For Boomers and younger, it might be as well to know that before the proliferation of help organizations, hotlines and so on, a very good thing, by the way, it was mainly the Salvos who were on the front line of domestic violence victims, addicts, derelicts and the like.

    [salvos] nobbled by the pc maniacs 2008

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