buroo
UK/bəˈɹuː/
buroo noun: the Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole.
Noun
buroo (plural buroos)
- The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole.
- Johnny kenned at once the coarse brute was drunk same as father was Friday nights when he got his money from the Broo.193?, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, ‘Forsaken’, Smeddum, Canongate 2001
- ‘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.1990, Alasdair Gray, “Quiet People”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 461
Forms of buroo
| plural | buroos |
|---|---|
| alternative form | broo |
| alternative form | burroo |
Origin of buroo
Representing a Scottish pronunciation of bureau.
Questions about buroo
- What does buroo mean?
- Buroo means the Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole.
- What part of speech is buroo?
- Buroo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce buroo?
- Buroo is pronounced /bəˈɹuː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of buroo?
- The plural of buroo is buroos.
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