rubaboo

American

[ruhb-uh-boo] / ˈrʌb əˌbu /

noun

Canadian.

soup made from pemmican, flour, and water, once common among fur trappers, hunters, etc.

rubaboo British

/ ˈrʌbəˌbuː /

noun

a soup or stew made by boiling pemmican with, if available, flour and vegetables

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Etymology

Origin of rubaboo

First recorded in 1815–25; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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There was this year plenty of buffalo meat and the Scotch women soon learned to cook it into "Rubaboo," or "Rowschow," after the manner of the French half-breeds.

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In the summer she had picked the fruit herself, just as she had gathered the saskatoon berries sprinkled through the pemmican she was going to use for the rubaboo.

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Venison broiled to a turn, juicy, succulent mallard ducks from the cold storage of their larder, mashed potatoes with gravy, young boiled onions from Whoop-Up, home-made rubaboo of delicious flavor, hot biscuits and wild-strawberry jam!

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He made the man prepare the rubaboo for their supper.

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Enough flour and pemmican for another mess of rubaboo.

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