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scullion

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scul⋅lion

  [skuhl-yuhn]
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–noun
1. a kitchen servant who does menial work.
2. a low or contemptible person.
Origin:
1475–85; perh. < MF escouvillon dishcloth, equiv. to escouve broom (< L scōpa) + -illon dim. suffix
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scul·lion   (skŭl'yən)   
n.  A servant employed to do menial tasks in a kitchen.

[Middle English sculyon, probably from Old French escouvillon, dishcloth, diminutive of escouve, broom, from Latin scōpa, branches, broom.]
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