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skilly

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. a thin soup or gruel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skilly1

C19: shortened from skilligallee, probably a fanciful formation
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Arthur's "logic" is tougher than "toke," And much more insipid than "skilly."

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Officers' Wives getting pudding and pies, Soldiers' Wives get skilly! it said.

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The gruel was little remarkable for its delicate flavour and little celebrated for its nutritious qualities, and known by the luxurious cognomen of "skilly."

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For there may come a moment when You shall be mended, willy-nilly, With many more misguided men, Whose skill is undermined with skilly.

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A very shifty fellow, Pomfret, with a face the colour of skilly.

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