sallee

sally

noun Australian

Also called: snow gum a SE Australian eucalyptus tree, Eucalyptus pauciflora, with a pale grey bark
any of various acacia trees

Word Origin for sallee

probably of native origin

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Examples from the Web for sallee

Contemporary Examples of 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

Historical Examples of sallee

Descendants, named Sallee, now live in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Chronicles of Border Warfare
Alexander Scott Withers
A Moorish pirate ship, named from Sallee, a seaport of Morocco.
George Fox
George Fox
Our master said it was a Sallee man-of-war, that seemed to give us chase.
George Fox
George Fox
The scud hides the shore, but he judges that we are not far from Sallee.
The Pursuit
Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
The Giants never regard Sallee as a left-hander with men on the bases.
Pitching in a Pinch
Christy Mathewson