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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete, nautical) 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.
Skillygalee was born of left-over pork grease and crackers too tough to bite and chew.
Use skillygalee when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Skillygalee means (obsolete, nautical) A type of gruel made from oatmeal, oft-served historically in poorhouses, sailors' ships, etc..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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