scullion
IPA: skˈʌɫjʌn
noun
- A servant of the lower classes.
- (obsolete, derogatory) A low, base person.
- A surname from Irish.
- Alternative form of scallion [(now chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ireland) A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.]
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Examples of "scullion" in Sentences
- Who would want to be a scullion
- He is not ashamed of being a scullion.
- As a scullion, he does not earn a lot.
- There are three scullions in the house.
- He hired a scullion to clean his kitchen.
- A scullion answered that they were sleeping.
- As kitchen scullion, Fitch, is recruited by Dalton.
- The girl got the princess to hire her as a scullion.
- She finds a place as a scullion at a castle and works in the kitchens.
- A male servant performing the tasks described above would be called a scullion.
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