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skirlie

skirlie noun: a Scottish dish of oatmeal fried with fat, onions, stock, and seasonings.

Noun

skirlie (uncountable)

  1. A Scottish dish of oatmeal fried with fat, onions, stock, and seasonings.

Questions about skirlie

What does skirlie mean?
Skirlie means a Scottish dish of oatmeal fried with fat, onions, stock, and seasonings.
What part of speech is skirlie?
Skirlie is a noun.

Words near skirlie in the dictionary

  1. Skire Thursday
  2. Skirian
  3. Skirians
  4. skirl
  5. skirled
  6. skirlie
  7. skirling
  8. skirlings
  9. skirls
  10. skirmish
  11. skirmished

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