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Recent Examples of scullion
Our winsome scamp loves all women, from scullion to lady, though his heart belongs to the plucky Sophia, who is given can-do determination by Elena Wang.
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Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 26 June 2017
Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 26 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scullion
Noun
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Hyungjin Son and Vinicius Costa filled out the cast as Falstaff’s bumpkinly servants.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Frances is at home, self-medicating and snapping at the servants.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The ladies Carnarvon, their daughters, and their guests—not to mention the governesses, maids, and cooks?—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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With the husbands off for a golf outing, Julia and Jane (well attended to by Chimo’s martini-mixing maid Saunders) get decked out in their evening finest and wait impatiently at Julia’s luxe apartment (Jane lives upstairs) for the mystery man Maurice to arrive.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The enterprising maidservant followed him into a shop.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Julia, who was already pregnant with her and Henry’s second child, is forced to work as a maidservant for the reprehensible Lord Lovat (Tony Curran), who happens to be the father of Brian.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The lieutenant who handled his Skelly conference wrote that Webster accepted full responsibility for his actions and apologized.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The sergeant who wrote him the warning for killing a guy was just as quickly promoted to lieutenant.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Baptism of Christ is generally believed to have been completed by El Greco’s son and other apprentices in his workshop in the decade after the artist died.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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During the Renaissance, master painters typically employed apprentices to work alongside them as the apprentices learned their craft.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Curators pop up in famous artists’ biographies all the time, usually as handmaidens to the creator’s genius, opening a door to a gallery here or supporting a grant application there.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Kublank was an assistant to head coach Paul Netzel for the Green Wave’s 2016 state team.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The ad called for the supervision of a team of graduate assistants or interns.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Apr. 2026
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Martin Nečas was one of just eight 100-point producers this season, but has a lone helper in this round, a primary assist on Game 2’s late equalizer.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hundreds of foreign climbers and about the same number of Nepalese guides and helpers are expected to attempt to scale the mountain next month when there are a few brief windows of favorable weather.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Scullion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scullion. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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