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prettygoodword) wrote2019-10-18 07:40 am
prettygoodword) wrote2019-10-18 07:40 am
scullion
scullion (SKUHL-yuhn) - n., lowest rank of kitchen servant.
And by extension, a low or contemptible person. Not much used anymore, because we don't employ many, if any, people in our kitchens. Dates to Middle English as sculyon/sculioun, from Middle French escouvillon, dishcloth, from diminutive of escouve, broom, from Latin scōpa, broom/branches.
---L.
And by extension, a low or contemptible person. Not much used anymore, because we don't employ many, if any, people in our kitchens. Dates to Middle English as sculyon/sculioun, from Middle French escouvillon, dishcloth, from diminutive of escouve, broom, from Latin scōpa, broom/branches.
---L.