scullery

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In fact she dragged him into what she called her scullery (do they still exist?) and proceeded to scrub behind his ear with said scullery brush.

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  1. noun A small room adjoining a kitchen, in which dishwashing and other kitchen chores are done.

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  • The freezer in the scullery was fairly well stocked with meat and frozen vegeta­bles, but thick layers of frost suggested most of it had been put there by Ailsa. —  Fox Evil
  • Having viewed it and the scullery, they came back again to the hall. —  The Girl in the Cellar - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 32: 1961
  • I got into what looked like a kitchen or scullery, and amongst some other utensils I came upon a curiously shaped hatchet, very heavy and sharp. —  Under the Dragon Flag
  • The scullery is still just the old kitchen ... not yet ready for the work a scullery is known for. —  BC Bloggers
  • In fact she dragged him into what she called her scullery (do they still exist?) and proceeded to scrub behind his ear with said scullery brush. —  British Blogs
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  1. Middle English, from Old French escuelerie, from escuelier, keeper of dishes, from escuele, dish, from Vulgar Latin *scūtella, alteration (influenced by scūtum, shield) of Latin scutella, salver, diminutive of scutra, platter.

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  1. Early modern English also skullery, earlier squillary; from Middle English squylerey, from Old French *escuelerie, escueillerie, esculerie, feminine, the office of a servant who had charge of the dishes, etc., *escuclier, escuellier, masculine, a place or room where dishes were kept, a scullery, from Middle Latin scutellarium, neuter, a place or room where dishes were kept, from Latin scutella, a salver, Middle Latin a platter, plate, dish: see sculler, scuttle. The word has no orig. connection with scullion, with which it is now commonly associated in thought.
 

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