skillygalee noun2 •(no longer used) A type of gruel made from oatmeal, oft-served historically in poorhouses, sailors' ships, etc.Breakfast was served at 8am and sometimes consisted of skillygalee, a sort of oatmeal gruel prepared in fatty water and which by the time of Trafalgar included butter and sugar. — 2005 •(no longer used) A thin broth generally prepared by soaking hardtack in water, and frying with pork fat/lard.Skillygalee was born of left-over pork grease and crackers too tough to bite and chew. — 2004
