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scullery

[skuhl-uh-ree, skuhl-ree] / ˈskʌl ə ri, ˈskʌl ri /
NOUN
galley
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"It'd be nice for me to do something completely different. I'd love to do a comedy or I'd like to be a scullery maid in the kitchens in a period drama."

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

Dunk and Egg’s camaraderie fits the same tradition, proposing scullery maids can become queens.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

The sloth’s nubbly nylon “fur” does the scrubbing, its front paws grasp a handy hanging cord and a wan, stitched-in half smile serves as a reminder that the scullery duty is only temporary.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2023

Back when we first went five years ago, there were two levels, one of which involved schlepping your own snacks from the lobby like a “Downton Abbey” scullery maid.

From Seattle Times Mar. 9, 2023

“What does a rich young lady such as yourself want with the wee savings of a scullery maid?”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

For the first time, some of the men who had toiled anonymously in the palace sculleries stepped into the throne room.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hall is connected with an ample kitchen, and a series of butteries, pantries, and sculleries of suitable size.

From Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London by Sir Walter Besant

How often have I had to tell you, Timmy, not to go into other people's kitchens and sculleries?

From What Timmy Did by Marie Belloc Lowndes

The kitchens, pantries, and sculleries are all on the same extensive scale, and fitted with all the large culinary requisites of first-class hotels.

From Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Will a water tap run in your sculleries, if there is no pipe that joins it with the source of supply?

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Alexander Maclaren




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