skilly
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of skilly
C19: shortened from skilligallee, probably a fanciful formation
Example Sentences
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If it had been they’d ha’ skilly wiggled away at once.
From Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop by Harold Piffard
“I say, do you have skilly for breakfast!”
From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Frank Dadd
"Same as you had before—bread and water, and skilly o' Sundays!"
From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann
Now come and have a look at my cucumber house, and then—ha, ha, ha! there’s something better than skilly for dinner, my boy.”
From Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden by George Manville Fenn
For there may come a moment when You shall be mended, willy-nilly, With many more misguided men, Whose skill is undermined with skilly.
From Verse and Worse by Harry Graham
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