drammock

Also dram·mach

[dram-uhk]

noun

Chiefly Scot.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of drammock¹

1555–65; compare Scots Gaelic dramag foul mixture

Example Sentences

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

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

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