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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

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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.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

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