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How to use scullery in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Scullery means a small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done. Example: “Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.”

More sentences with scullery

  • Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.From the entry body
  • You'll catch yer death.' He dragged off into the scullery and presently emerged in his Sunday best.2019 October 22, Winston Graham, The Twisted Sword: A Novel of Cornwall, 1815, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN. From the entry ent
  • “That fluttersome jade's better suited to the scullery.2014, Judith E. French, Lovestorm. From the entry fluttersome
  • There is two-way telephonic communication between kitchen, scullery, buffet and staff in the corridor between buffet and dining saloon.1962 July, G. Freeman Allen, “The New "Rheingold"”, in Modern Railways, page 25. From the entry telephonic
  • Opening the scullery door, I heard a slight scuffle.a. 1931 (date written), D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “[Nature and Poetical Pieces.] Adolf.”, in Edward D[avid] McDonald, editor, Phoenix…. From the entry dabble
  • She followed him into the scullery, and combed her hair before the handbreadth of mirror by the back door.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 14, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Gutenberg edition, [Florence, Italy]: [ […] Tipografia Giuntina…. From the entry handbreadth
  • The general arrangement of our mess hall, scullery, and kitchen made it easy to provide for a caféteria service.1915, United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 9, number 3, page 427. From the entry caféteria
  • Presently he came running out of the scullery, with the soapy water dripping from him, dithering with cold.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 8”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry dither
  • I have many a time seen large portions of quartern loaves, pieces of meat, bones, potatoes, etc., in the pig-bucket in the scullery.1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen & Unwin, page 122. From the entry pig bucket
  • Then he went to the scullery, wetted his hands, scooped the last white dough out of the punchion, and dropped it in a baking-tin.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry puncheon
  • Formerly the domain of cooks, undercooks, and scullery maids, it wasn't even a room a householder would lay claim to, much less single out with items of personal interest.2002, Helen Thompson, Anna Kasabian, Cooking spaces: designs for cooking, entertaining, and living, page 67. From the entry undercook

Meaning of scullery

  1. noun A small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.

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Questions about scullery in a sentence

How do you use scullery in a sentence?
Scullery is used as a noun. For example: “Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.”
What is a short sentence with scullery?
““That fluttersome jade's better suited to the scullery.”
What does scullery mean?
Scullery means a small room, next to a kitchen, where washing up and other domestic chores are done.

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