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skullery|ˈskʌlərɪ|
[f. skull n.1 + -ery 2.]
A collection of skulls; a place for skulls.
1818Blackw. Mag. IV. 327 The effect of the water dropping from the jaw-bones and eyeholes... It is not to be thought that an Irishman could contemplate such a skullery with unmoved imagination. 1908Westm. Gaz. 31 July 1/3 On his excavating expeditions an annexe, usually known as the ‘skullery’, is almost invariably brought into use. |