scullions
Lowly kitchen workers
Scullions are kitchen servants who perform the lowest, dirtiest tasks—washing dishes, scrubbing pots, cleaning floors.
The word is archaic, encountered mainly in historical fiction or period drama: The scullions toiled in the castle kitchen from dawn to dusk.
It sometimes appears figuratively for anyone doing menial, unglamorous work.
One doing hard, dull labor
- menialLowly and unskilled
- underlingPerson of lower rank
- lackeyServile follower or minion
- peonIndentured low-status worker
flunky · minion · subordinate · servant · dishwasher · lowly · humble · subservient
drudge
One doing hard, dull labor
peon · flunky · minion · subordinate · servant · dishwasher · lowly · humble · subservient · skivvy
pots
Vessels for cooking or planting
hearth · spit · firewood · ashes · greasy · soot · kitchen · cookhouse · galley · pantry
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
peeling · chopping · hauling · mopping · cleaning · washing · sweat · grind · backbreaking · tireless
scullionschef
Professional kitchen leader
head chef · master chef · executive chef · chef de cuisine · sous chef