Nearly half the troops had been cut to pieces in the repeated and resolute Sallies made by the Moors.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
Then the next moment she would ride off with this vermin Slosson, full of merry Sallies and smiling graciousness, whom, he knew, if she had any right feeling at all, she must loathe and despise.
"The Son of his Father"
Ridgwell Cullum
Occasionally, Hemphill burst into anecdote, but usually these Sallies of his were sternly suppressed by the voice of the skipper at the other end of the table.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford