sallee

sally

/ (ˈsælɪ) /

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noun Australian

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

any of various acacia trees

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Word Origin for sallee

probably of native origin

Words nearby sallee

salivation, salivator, Salk, Salk vaccine, salle à manger, sallee, sallenders, sallet, sallow, sallowy, Sallust

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How to use sallee in a sentence

“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
Detective Brian Sallee lifted a pair of binoculars and scanned a parking lot a quarter mile down the road.
The Devil’s Drug: The True Story of Meth in New Mexico|Nick Romeo|August 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Giants never regard Sallee as a left-hander with men on the bases.
Pitching in a Pinch|Christy Mathewson
That slam in the slats which Sallee handed him supplied the confidence.
Pitching in a Pinch|Christy Mathewson

Sometimes they scoured the Mediterranean, and protected French merchant-ships against the Sallee rovers.
The Huguenots in France|Samuel Smiles.
The poem upon Sallee has forcible sentiments; but the conclusion is feeble.
Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley|Samuel Johnson
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