Crossword clues for scullion
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scullion \Scul"lion\ (sk[u^]l"y[u^]n), n. (Bot.) A scallion.
Scullion \Scul"lion\, n. [OF. escouillon (Cot.) a dishclout, apparently for escouvillon, F. ['e]couvillon a swab; cf. also OF. souillon a servant employed for base offices. Cf. Scovel.] A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.
The meanest scullion that followed his camp.
--South.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"low-ranking domestic servant who performs menial kitchen tasks," late 15c., perhaps from Middle French escouillon "a swab, cloth," diminutive of escouve "broom, twig," from Latin scopa (plural scopæ) "broom," related to scapus "shaft, stem" (see scape (n.2)). Or an alteration of Old French souillon "scullion," by influence of scullery.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A servant of the lower classes. Etymology 2
n. (alternative form of scallion English)
WordNet
n. a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
Wikipedia
Scullion may refer to:
- Scullion (group), an Irish folk rock band
- Tony Scullion - Retired Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Derry
Scullion are an Irish folk rock band that formed in the mid-1970s. They were quite popular in Ireland, and released several LPs, and two CDs – the compilation Ghosts And Heroes on the Kitten label in 1992 and another compilation Eyelids into Snow – A Collection in 2001. The founding members were Sonny Condell (also a member of another popular Irish music band Tír na nÓg), Philip King, Greg Boland and Jimmy O'Brien Moran. O'Brien Moran left the band in 1980, after the first album. Robbie Overson, replacing guitarist Greg Boland, joined the band in 1987. Scullion continue to play live.
Scullion is the first studio album by Irish band Scullion. It was released in 1979 by Mulligan Music and produced by P.J. Curtis.
Usage examples of "scullion".
I was obliged to climb up to the fourth floor and met the scullion on my way, who guessed where I was going, and begged me not to go any farther as the place was taken.
Soon after, I came down, and the scullion who was waiting for me on the landing begged me to make Madelaine give him half the louis.
I left the hotel under the protection of the scullion, who took me by a private door I did not know of.
She told me that the scullion had confessed that he had taken me letters twice from his young mistress, and that Madelaine said all the time that she was sure her mistress and I were in love with each other.
As I have said, his majesty had only this one cook, and Noel had only one scullion to help him.
After the squires came the servants, beginning with Julth Rondel and continuing down to the lowest scullions.
Joerg Weiss, Richard Pavonarius, Stephen Drury, Matthew Danis, Reilly Beacom, Michael Mayfield, Steven Shouse, Lewis Minteer, Michael Romeo, Peter Diamond, Albert West, Michael Coaty, Dennis Faust, William Midyette, Mark Friedman, Patrick Stevenson, Roger Bass, Bruce Press, Chris Anderson, Patrick Ainge, Steve Johnson, Joel Lipton, Thomas Kier, Michael J Garcia, Dane Summers, Martin Kardon, Steve Rollins, Michael Clark, Brad Callaway, Jerry Scullion, Robert Fink, David Eaton, Dwight Illk, Len Humbird, Andrew T.
Joerg Weiss, Richard Pavonarius, Stephen Drury, Matthew Danis, Reilly Beacom, Michael Mayfield, Steven Shouse, Lewis Minteer, Michael Romeo, Peter Diamond, Albert West, Michael Coaty, Dennis Faust, William Midyette, Mark Friedman, Patrick Stevenson, Roger Bass, Bruce Press, Chris Anderson, Patrick Ainge, Steve Johnson, Joel Lipton, Thomas Kier, Michael J Garcia, Dane Summers, Martin Kardon, Steve Rollins, Michael Clark, Brad Callaway, Jerry Scullion, Robert Fink, David Eaton, Dwight Illk, Len Humbird, Andrew T.
Alcazar in the Southern Wastes, disguised yourself as a scullion maid, and slipped your way past the many armies guarding this island.
To these young scullions Mrs. Bagnet occasionally imparts a wink, or a shake of the head, or a crooked face, as they made mistakes.
I left the hotel under the protection of the scullion, who took me by a private door I did not know of.
When the scullions served him his dinner in the room where he was held prisoner, he looked upon them haughtily, and bade them mind what they did and how they did it.
Some of the symptoms reminded me of the stir produced among the scullions of a large hotel, where a grand jubilee dinner is about to be given.
If only you could know what I have fought up from, a foundling without a name abandoned in a third-rate Parisian hotel, reared a scullion, butt and scapegoat, with associates only of the lowest, scullions, beggars, pickpockets, Apaches, and worse--!
Mostly she just whisks all about, ruling her domain with a wooden spoon she wields like a scepter, tasting food and scolding cooks, assistants, and scullions.