skilly
/ (ˈskɪlɪ) /
mainly British a thin soup or gruel
Origin of skilly
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How to use skilly in a sentence
Having taken a cold bath on entering, I would be given for supper six ounces of bread and “three parts of skilly.”
The People of the Abyss | Jack LondonI let go, and they looked reproachfully at me, as though I had imperilled their chance for a bed and three parts of skilly.
The People of the Abyss | Jack LondonThe pannikin contained skilly, three-quarters of a pint, a mixture of Indian corn and hot water.
The People of the Abyss | Jack LondonI struggled manfully, but was mastered by my qualms, and half-a-dozen mouthfuls of skilly and bread was the measure of my success.
The People of the Abyss | Jack LondonThis bitterness which lingered persistently in the mouth after the skilly had passed on, I found especially repulsive.
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