different between buroo vs burgoo

English

Alternative forms

• broo
• burroo

Etymology

Representing a Scottish pronunciation of bureau.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b???u?/

Noun

buroo

1. (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.

Anagrams

• booru

English

Alternative forms

• burgout

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Apparently from the dialectal term burgood (“yeast”).

• Perhaps ultimately from Welsh burym (“yeast”) + cawl (“cabbage, gruel”),
• Or perhaps from Arabic ???????? (bur?ul).
• Or, from an alteration of ragout.

Noun

burgoo (countable and uncountable, plural burgoos)

1. (nautical) A dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter.
2. A spicy stew, typically made with a combination of meats and vegetables, and often served with cornbread or corn muffins.

Descendants

• goo

References