A traditional game in which balls are thrown to break the pipe in the mouth of a figurine resembling an old woman.
There were some swings, and a hooting-tooting blaring merry-go-round, and a shooting-gallery and Aunt Sallies.
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(, figurative, chiefly, UK) A figure drawing criticism or ridicule, especially when prejudiced or unwarranted.
But the novel is something more than a national institution; it has become the recognized channel of communication between the crank and his victims; it is the shooting gallery through which we fire our messages at that dear old Aunt Sal…
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