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rubaboo

rubaboo noun: a basic stew or porridge based on peas and/or corn.

Noun

rubaboo (uncountable)

  1. A basic stew or porridge based on peas and/or corn.
    • He ate the greasy rubaboo without a grumble, and when there was nothing in the pots for supper, he pulled his belt tighter, and said not a word, though all his growing bones cried out for food.1940, Mary Jane Carr, Young Mac of Fort Vancouver, page 25

Forms of rubaboo

alternative formrubbaboo

Origin of rubaboo

Borrowed from Michif rubaboo, from French roux (“thickener”) + Proto-Algonquian *aboo (“soup”). Compare Ojibwe naboo (“soup”), -aaboo (“liquid”).

Questions about rubaboo

What does rubaboo mean?
Rubaboo means a basic stew or porridge based on peas and/or corn.
What part of speech is rubaboo?
Rubaboo is a noun.

Words near rubaboo in the dictionary

  1. rub-ups
  2. ruba'i
  3. ruba'is
  4. ruba'iyat
  5. rubab
  6. rubaboo
  7. rubabs
  8. rubace
  9. rubadub
  10. rubadubs
  11. rubai

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