skilly

/ (ˈskɪlɪ) /

noun

mainly British a thin soup or gruel

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DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?

"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Word Origin for skilly

C19: shortened from skilligallee, probably a fanciful formation

Words nearby skilly

skilless, skillet, skillful, skilling, skillion, skilly, skim, skim milk, skim off, skim-read, skimble-scamble

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Example sentences from the Web for skilly

We took him to a cothouse down at the foot of the wood, where he lay while a boy was sent for a skilly woman.
John Splendid|Neil Munro
Same as you had before—bread and water, and skilly o' Sundays!
The History of "Punch"|M. H. Spielmann
The big fellow was pulpier than ever; his complexion the colour of skilly.
The Hill|Horace Annesley Vachell
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 London

They went to the Skilly Dame's house, and she gave them the Gael's welcome, with bannocks and crowdie, marag-dkubh and ale.
The Lost Pibroch|Neil Munro

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