scullery
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English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman squillerie, from Old French escuelerie (“office of the servant in charge of plates”), from escuele (“bowl, dish”), from Latin scutella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskʌləɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
scullery (plural sculleries)
- (archaic) A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell , Animal Farm , London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring.
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room, next to a kitchen
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