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skillion
[ skil-yuhn ]
noun
, Australian.
- a lean-to serving as a room or a shed.
skillion
/ ˈskɪlɪən /
noun
- a part of a building having a lower, esp sloping, roof; lean-to
- ( as modifier )
a skillion roof
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of skillion1
C19: from English dialect skilling outhouse
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Example Sentences
Jack Drew camped in a skillion room behind his printing office, and had his meals at the Royal.
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I noticed the storm had taken a sheet of iron off the skillion, and supposed he'd sleep at the Royal that night.
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Next day I found one of the skillion rooms scrubbed out and a bed fixed up for me.
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We walked together towards the Union Office, where I had a camp in the skillion-room at the back.
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She went to her bedroom—a small, low, slab skillion, built on to the end of the house—and fell on her knees by the bunk.
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