Scullery
noun
A small room or section of a kitchen where washing dishes and other kitchen tasks are done.
After dinner, the dirty dishes were taken to the scullery for cleaning.
Often appears as...
- scullery maid
- kitchen scullery
noun
A small room or section of a kitchen where washing dishes and other kitchen tasks are done.
After dinner, the dirty dishes were taken to the scullery for cleaning.
Often appears as...
- scullery maid
- kitchen scullery
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Usage
Originally used in large, older houses; not as common in modern homes.
The grand mansion had a scullery, hinting at its historical past.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Function
A scullery is specifically for washing up and food preparation, separate from primary kitchen.
Let's rinse the vegetables in the scullery before we start cooking.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Depiction
Often portrayed in period dramas or literature set in Victorian times.
In the novel, the scullery maid spent hours scrubbing pots.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Usage
Originally used in large, older houses; not as common in modern homes.
The grand mansion had a scullery, hinting at its historical past.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Function
A scullery is specifically for washing up and food preparation, separate from primary kitchen.
Let's rinse the vegetables in the scullery before we start cooking.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Depiction
Often portrayed in period dramas or literature set in Victorian times.
In the novel, the scullery maid spent hours scrubbing pots.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Usage
Originally used in large, older houses; not as common in modern homes.
The grand mansion had a scullery, hinting at its historical past.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Function
A scullery is specifically for washing up and food preparation, separate from primary kitchen.
Let's rinse the vegetables in the scullery before we start cooking.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Depiction
Often portrayed in period dramas or literature set in Victorian times.
In the novel, the scullery maid spent hours scrubbing pots.
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Quote examples
Jess Phillips
British Politician
Because I sometimes shopped in Waitrose, I thought I was actually quite posh. I've realised that I'm basically a scullery maid. Even the middle-class people who I meet in parliament, people who live in London - which I think is remarkable because how can anybody afford to live there - seem much, much more middle class than me.
Quote examples
Roger Allam
English Actor
My parents both came from working-class backgrounds, my father particularly. He came from a very poor family, 12 of them lived in a little three-bedroom terrace house in Fulham, it was very small with an outside loo and a tin bath on the scullery wall.
Quote examples
Jess Phillips
British Politician
Because I sometimes shopped in Waitrose, I thought I was actually quite posh. I've realised that I'm basically a scullery maid. Even the middle-class people who I meet in parliament, people who live in London - which I think is remarkable because how can anybody afford to live there - seem much, much more middle class than me.
Quote examples
Roger Allam
English Actor
My parents both came from working-class backgrounds, my father particularly. He came from a very poor family, 12 of them lived in a little three-bedroom terrace house in Fulham, it was very small with an outside loo and a tin bath on the scullery wall.
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