skilly
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of skilly
C19: shortened from skilligallee, probably a fanciful formation
Example Sentences
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A very shifty fellow, Pomfret, with a face the colour of skilly.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley
We had been served at our mid-day meal with a basin of evil-looking skilly.
From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles
“I do not know what skilly is,” replied Helen.
From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank
Now and then he turned a little in his sleep, dreaming perhaps of feasts in Cockayne, perhaps of the skilly he had tasted in gaol, of love perhaps, bright-eyed, master of the gates.
From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel
Treadmill, oakum, skilly, and the rest—one may as well go through with them quietly, for fear of something worse.
From Essays in Rebellion by Nevinson, Henry W.
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