scullery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scullery
    n 1: a small room (in large old British houses) next to the
         kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and
         other rough household jobs are done

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scullery \Scul"ler*y\ (sk[u^]l"l[~e]r*[y^]), n.; pl.
   {Sculleries} (sk[u^]l"l[~e]r*[i^]z). [Probably originally, a
   place for washing dishes, and for swillery, fr. OE. swilen to
   wash, AS. swilian (see {Swill} to wash, to drink), but
   influenced either by Icel. skola, skyla, Dan. skylle, or by
   OF. escuelier a place for keeping dishes, fr. escuele a dish,
   F. ['e]cuelle, fr. L. scutella a salver, waiter (cf.
   {Scuttle} a basket); or perhaps the English word is
   immediately from the OF. escuelier; cf. OE. squyllare a
   dishwasher.]
   1. A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are
      cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen,
      where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.
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   2. Hence, refuse; filth; offal. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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