sallee

sally

/ (ˈsælɪ) /

noun Australian

Also called: snow gum a SE Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus pauciflora, with a pale grey bark

any of various acacia trees

Nearby words

Word Origin for sallee

probably of native origin

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Examples from the Web for sallee

“Maybe in the late eighties or early nineties something like that could have happened,” Sallee said.
The Devil’s Drug: The True Story of Meth in New Mexico|Nick Romeo|August 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Sallee rover, who threatened to bastinado a Christian captive to death unless a ransom was forthcoming, was an odious ruffian.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The poem upon Sallee has forcible sentiments; but the conclusion is feeble.
Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley|Samuel Johnson
With imminent risk of discovery, they succeeded in finding a boat, not far from Sallee.
White Slavery in the Barbary States|Charles Sumner

A Moorish pirate ship, named from Sallee, a seaport of Morocco.
George Fox|George Fox
But Sallee will take a long wind-up and shoot one off his shoe tops and another from his shoulder while he is facing second base.
Pitching in a Pinch|Christy Mathewson