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单词 skullery
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skulleryn.

/ˈskʌləri/
Etymology: < skull n.1 + -ery suffix 1.
A collection of skulls; a place for skulls.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > [noun] > collection of
skullery1818
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > repository or ossuary
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skullery1818
1818 Blackwood's Mag. 4 327 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.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 1/3 On his excavating expeditions an annexe, usually known as the ‘skullery’, is almost invariably brought into use.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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