skilligolee
skilligolee is the alternative form of skillygalee.
Meaning of skillygalee
Noun
skillygalee (uncountable)
- A type of gruel made from oatmeal, oft-served historically in poorhouses, sailors' ships, etc.
- Breakfast was served at 8am and sometimes consisted of skillygalee, a sort of oatmeal gruel prepared in fatty water and which by the time of Trafalgar included butter and sugar.2005, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Steve Noon, Nelson's Sailors, Osprey Publishing, page 24
- A thin broth generally prepared by soaking hardtack in water, and frying with pork fat/lard.
- Skillygalee was born of left-over pork grease and crackers too tough to bite and chew.2004, Brian Leehan, Pale Horse at Plum Run: The First Minnesota at Gettysburg, Minnesota Historical Society Press, page 200
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- Skilligolee is the alternative form of skillygalee.
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