scullery
Americannoun
plural
sculleries-
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.
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a small room or section of a pantry or kitchen in which cooking utensils are cleaned and stored.
noun
Etymology
Origin of scullery
1300–50; Middle English squillerye < Middle French escuelerie, equivalent to escuele dish (< Latin scutella, diminutive of scutra pan) + -rie -ry
Example Sentences
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"It'd be nice for me to do something completely different. I'd love to do a comedy or I'd like to be a scullery maid in the kitchens in a period drama."
From BBC
Dunk and Egg’s camaraderie fits the same tradition, proposing scullery maids can become queens.
From Salon
“One could hardly fashion a disguise for a scullery maid or a stowaway out of these elegant fabrics. But for my purposes, they ought to do quite well.”
From Literature
Finally she reached the bottommost floor, which was the domain of the cook, the scullery maids, and the laundresses.
From Literature
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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