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skil•lion
(skil′yən),USA pronunciation n. [Australian.]
- British Termsa lean-to serving as a room or a shed.
- Old Norse skāli; compare shiel), but phonetic development obscure; see -ing3
- 1860–65; alteration of skilling, origin, originally dialect, dialectal (south, southern England), Middle English skyling; sense suggests kinship with dialect, dialectal scale hut, shed (
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