Sally Ann

the Sally Ann

1. (informal, Canada, Britain) The Salvation Army.
   • 2005, Robert E. Rogge, Fearsome Battle: With the Canadian Army in World War II Europe, →ISBN, page 50:

     Amenities for the Canadian army in the battle zone were few and far between, but the prime one of them all was the Salvation Army, the Sally Ann, a religious organization back home that served all ranks and religions.

   • 2006, Thomas Healy, I Have Heard You Calling in the Night, →ISBN, page 97:

     'Then she must be a member of the Sally Ann.' / That's what some people called the Salvation Army, whether with affection or not I don't know.

• Sally Army
• Salvation Army

• Yuri Dolgopolov, A Collection of Confusible Phrases: False 'friends' and 'enemies' in Idioms and Collocations, Llumina Press (2004), →ISBN, page 373.