scullionly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]scullionly (comparative more scullionly, superlative most scullionly)
- (obsolete) Like a scullion; low class or vulgar.
- 1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), J[ohn] M[ilton], Colasterion: A Reply to a Nameles Answer against The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. […], [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC:
- But this is not for an unbuttoned fellow to discuss in the garret at his trestle , and dimension of candle by the snuff ; which brought forth his scullionly paraphrase on St . Paul
References
[edit]- “scullionly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.