burgoo
Americannoun
plural
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a thick oatmeal gruel, especially as eaten by sailors.
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Chiefly Kentucky and Tennessee.
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a thick, highly seasoned soup or stew, usually made of chicken or small game and corn, tomatoes, and onions.
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a picnic or other gathering at which burgoo is served.
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noun
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slang nautical porridge
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a thick highly seasoned soup or stew of meat and vegetables
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a picnic or gathering at which such soup is served
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Etymology
Origin of burgoo
1735–45; perhaps ultimately < Arabic burghul, burghūl cracked wheat ( bulgur ), though immediate source is uncertain
Example Sentences
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Navigating only 8,600 seats and a slower pace, you can take your time moving from betting window to bourbon bar to burgoo stand.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2021
The menu will be inspired by the show, with items like clam chowder, burgoo and oysters Rockefeller.
From New York Times • May 31, 2011
To insure the success of their first show, Carrollton businessmen had gone over to Lexington to fetch grey-thatched, handsome old James T. Looney, best brewer of burgoo stew in northern Kentucky.
From Time Magazine Archive
Juicy as the burgoo were the business prospects of each & every tobacco farmer at Carrollton and of thousands of their colleagues throughout the burley belt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along the midway the Anti-Horse-Thief Society had a stand selling burgoo and roasting ears.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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