Meaning skilly
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skillya very thin soup, usually made with a lot of water and a very little oatmeal or meatArthur began to eat the skilly. He swallowed half of the watery mess, then in a laboured voice he said: "I can& [..]
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skilly(n) a thin porridge or soup (usually oatmeal and water flavored with meat)
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skillyA thin oatmeal soup or gruel - a regular part of the workhouse diet.
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skillyGruel or porridge. Skinch
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skilly
(obsolete,nautical) Skillygalee.
* '''1903''' Jack London, ''The People of the Abyss,'' Macmillan
*: “I would be given for supper six ounces of bread and ‘three parts of skilly.’ ‘Three parts’ mea [..]
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skillylang=en
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* '''1845''' ''House of Commons papers, Parts 1-2,'' Great Britain Parliament, House of Commons, p511
*: Breakfast, skilly or oatmeal [..]
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