scullery

Example Sentences

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“I am a cruise director, short-order cook and scullery maid,” she joked.

From New York Times

The house was overrun with rats; there was no bathroom, indoor toilet or central heating; and the kitchen was a makeshift scullery with a plastic corrugated roof.

From The Guardian

Maybe it’s the “Downton Abbey” effect: the English scullery has been buffed up, ever so slightly, and shipped to America.

From New York Times

Abigail is put to work in the castle scullery, where, after enduring a few burns and lashes but also demonstrating some pluck and ingenuity, she earns Sarah’s grudging respect and, in time, the queen’s affections.

From Los Angeles Times

The duchess’s America has been depicted as Cinderella’s scullery.

From The Guardian