rubaboo

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Definition of rubaboo

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)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.”

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Etymology

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

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