Salvos

Definition

The Salvation Army.

Etymology

From Salv(ation Army) + -o (“diminutive suffix”), analysed as a plural.

Example Sentences

• "Thank God for the Salvos. — marketing tagline"
• "2006, Amanda Lohrey, Voting for Jesus: Christianity and Politics in Australia, Quarterly Essay, Issue 22, page 25, At the Salvos, the writer claimed, she found emotional support and got her electricity bill paid. But the Salvos are often dealing with the desperate – “losers” – and their emergency needs for food and shelter, while the focus of the megachurches is unapologetically middle class […] ."
• "At the bottom lay Betty Laurie, Mavis′s favourite battered doll. She was not going to the Salvos, she deserved better than that."