AUNT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

2.
n.

An old woman; and old gossip. [Obs.] Shak.

3.
n.

A bawd, or a prostitute. [Obs.] Shak. Aunt Sally, a puppet head placed on a pole and having a pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it.


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