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scullery
[ skuhl-uh-ree, skuhl-ree ]
noun
- a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen.
- a small room or section of a pantry or kitchen in which cooking utensils are cleaned and stored.
scullery
/ ˈskʌlərɪ /
noun
- a small room or part of a kitchen where washing up, vegetable preparation, etc is done
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scullery1
Example Sentences
The sloth’s nubbly nylon “fur” does the scrubbing, its front paws grasp a handy hanging cord and a wan, stitched-in half smile serves as a reminder that the scullery duty is only temporary.
One day she fell into conversation with a street musician after giving him some money and he encouraged her to follow his example, saying it would likely pay more than her scullery job.
Back when we first went five years ago, there were two levels, one of which involved schlepping your own snacks from the lobby like a “Downton Abbey” scullery maid.
Back kitchens come with as many names as they do appliances: the dirty kitchen, the messy kitchen, the prep kitchen, the working kitchen and the scullery kitchen, to name a few.
Cook had worked in the scullery for the previous Mrs. Caruthers.
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