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skilly

noun
  1. mainly British a thin soup or gruel

Word Origin for skilly

C19: shortened from skilligallee, probably a fanciful formation
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Examples from the Web for skilly

Historical Examples of skilly

  • It's the skilly, it's the four-ounce system, I 'm afraid of.

  • Same as you had before—bread and water, and skilly o' Sundays!

    The History of "Punch"

    M. H. Spielmann

  • I say, though, did you know that he was a pauper, and lived on skilly?

    Brownsmith's Boy

    George Manville Fenn

  • The big fellow was pulpier than ever; his complexion the colour of skilly.

    The Hill

    Horace Annesley Vachell

  • You're living on the fat of the land—you shall see how you like skilly!

    Young Blood

    E. W. Hornung