skilligalee

English

Alternative forms

• skilligolee
• skillygalee

Noun

skilligalee (uncountable)

1. A thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, formerly given to prisoners and paupers in England.
2. A drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, formerly consumed in the English navy and army.

Translations

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} scileagailí m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “skilligalee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)