scullion
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- n a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially washing)
- The leading man (Ugo Tognazzi), a Neapolitan spiv, finds her working as a scullion in a convent kitchen.
- He spoke with verve and passion in his own defense: "This creature Davillard, my dishwasher, my scullion, what did he do that I should stab him in the chest with my carving .