scullery

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/

Noun

scullery (plural sculleries)

  1. (historical) A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.
    • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
      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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