The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skilligalee \Skil`li*ga*lee"\, n. A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army. [Written also skilligolee, skillygalee, etc.]
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context obsolete nautical English) A type of gruel made from oatmeal. 2 (context obsolete English) A thin broth prepared by soaking hardtack in water, and frying with pork fat. n. 1 (context obsolete nautical English) A type of gruel made from oatmeal. 2 (context obsolete English) A thin broth prepared by soaking hardtack in water, and frying with pork fat.
Usage examples of "skillygalee".
She thought it the finest dish she had ever eaten, a more-than-birthday indulgence: she ate it up with naked greed and begged for more, and when at last she was told that she might get down skipped about the deck singing 'Skilly-galee, skillygaloo, skillygalee ooh hoo hoo hoo' with a persistence that only very good-natured men could have borne, as the Ringles did, until dinner changed the course of her mind.
Eventually, with darkness gathering, she was brought aft and below, dried, put down in front of a bowl of lobscouse (the Ringle's only dish, apart from skillygalee or burgoo) and desired to 'tuck in, mate, tuck in like a good 'un.