skilly

British  

/ ˈskɪlɪ /

noun

1. a thin soup or gruel

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Etymology

Origin of skilly

C19: shortened from skilligallee, probably a fanciful formation

Example Sentences

I feel as if I had made a sonnet out of skilly, and that is something.

From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 by Harris, Frank

It's the skilly, it's the four-ounce system, I 'm afraid of.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

I did want to hear what the skilly was.'

From The Convert by Robins, Elizabeth

“I say, do you have skilly for breakfast!”

From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank

The dinner was revolting, but recognising that I was considered to be a criminal, and as such was condemned to prison fare I ventured to taste the nauseous skilly.

From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles