skilly

/ (ˈskɪlɪ) /

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noun

mainly British a thin soup or gruel

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Word Origin for skilly

C19: shortened from skilligallee, probably a fanciful formation

Words nearby skilly

skillful, skilling, skillion, skill-less, skill set, skilly, Skil Saw, skim, ski mask, skimble-scamble, skimboard

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How to use skilly in a sentence

Having taken a cold bath on entering, I would be given for supper six ounces of bread and “three parts of skilly.”
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I let go, and they looked reproachfully at me, as though I had imperilled their chance for a bed and three parts of skilly.
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The pannikin contained skilly, three-quarters of a pint, a mixture of Indian corn and hot water.
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I struggled manfully, but was mastered by my qualms, and half-a-dozen mouthfuls of skilly and bread was the measure of my success.
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This bitterness which lingered persistently in the mouth after the skilly had passed on, I found especially repulsive.
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