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Meanings of sally in English

Catalan
agudesa
Spanish
idea

Witty remark.

        agudesa
        Catalan
        escomesa
        Spanish
        salida

        A military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position.

              escomesa

              A venture off the beaten path.

                    Usage of sally in English
                    1
                    Entire confidence had been placed by the Parisians in the great sally.
                    A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the...
                    2
                    Laughter greeted this sally, in spite of the seriousness of the situation.
                    The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands; Or, The Yankee-Canadian ...
                    3
                    And Anna joined in the laugh with which this sally was greeted.
                    Good Old Anna
                    4
                    Like soldiers dismissed from ranks, the sudden gathering in the sally-port dispersed.
                    Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor...
                    5
                    This sally was not fitted to arrest the explosion of general merriment.
                    Notre-Dame de Paris
                    6
                    There was mild laughter at this sally, and people began to talk.
                    Mr. Mercedes
                    7
                    And so the men and women, the girls and boys, sally forth.
                    Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 / Little J...
                    8
                    A shout went up from the boys who had heard the sally.
                    The Story of Sugar
                    9
                    The girls laughed at the sally, and silence ensued for a moment.
                    Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach; Or, Strange Adventures Among The Ora...
                    10
                    Wordlessly Tallanvor unbarred a sally-port, a small door set within one gate.
                    To the blight: the eye of the world
                    11
                    The villagers looked leery and eyed Cunningham sideways at each fresh sally.
                    Rung Ho! A Novel
                    12
                    They all laughed heartily at this sally, at which Clif joined in.
                    A Prisoner of Morro; Or, In the Hands of the Enemy
                    13
                    Which fresh sally seemed to explode uncontrollable mirth about the basement dining-room.
                    Little Miss By-The-Day
                    14
                    But she did not answer a word till we reached the sally-port.
                    Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
                    15
                    No one doubted that the long-expected sally was to be carried out.
                    A Girl of the Commune
                    16
                    At which sally Stephen grew scarlet, and the crowd howled with joy.
                    The Crisis — Volume 01
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