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Burgoo vs Buroo - What's the difference?

burgoo | buroo |

As nouns the difference between burgoo and buroo

is that burgoo is (nautical) a dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter while buroo is (scotland|slang) the labour bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole.

burgoo

English

(wikipedia burgoo)

Alternative forms

* burgout

Noun

(-)
  • (nautical) A dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter.

    • Descendants

    * goo

    References

    buroo

    English

    Alternative forms

    *broo *burroo

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Scotland, slang) The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole.
  • *193? , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), ‘Forsaken’, Smeddum , Canongate 2001:
  • *:Johnny kenned at once the coarse brute was drunk same as father was Friday nights when he got his money from the Broo .
  • *1990 , (Alasdair Gray), ‘Quiet People’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012 ), p. 461:
  • *:‘Anyway, MacFee is very good at stripping lead and copper and zinc and iron from old factories and houses that are going to be demolished – folk pay him to do that, and when work is short he never goes on the burroo .