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drammock

American  
[dram-uhk] / ˈdræm ək /
Also drammach

noun

Chiefly Scot.

  1. an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.

Etymology

Origin of drammock

1555–65; compare Scots Gaelic dramag foul mixture

Example Sentences

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Drammock, dram′ok, n. meal and water mixed raw.

From Project Gutenberg

Above all was it a hard task for men who had been starving on a half-meal drammock for two or three days.

From Project Gutenberg

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