Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Cullen skink


Definition of Cullen skink

noun

[mass noun]
  • a Scottish soup made from smoked haddock, potatoes, onions, and milk.

Origin:

from the name of Cullen, a village on the Moray Firth in NE Scotland, + Scots skink 'soup made from shin of beef', probably from Middle Low German Schinke 'ham'