scullery

Example Sentences

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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

Of course, that life-changing event ends quite differently than the one remembered by a generation raised on Lesley Ann Warren mooning and crooning in her attractively appointed scullery.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2021

Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial, and the barrel ot beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from Boxer’s hoof, otherwise nothing in the house was touched.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell