stirabout

American  

[stur-uh-bout] / ˈstɜr əˌbaʊt /

noun

British.

1. porridge.

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stirabout British  

/ ˈstɜːrəˌbaʊt /

noun

1. a kind of porridge orginally made in Ireland

2. a bustling person

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Etymology

Origin of stirabout

First recorded in 1675–85; noun use of verb phrase stir about to stir up

Example Sentences

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stirabout

At twelve o’clock it gets dinner, composed of a tin of coarse Indian meal stirabout, and at half-past five it gets a piece of dry bread and a tin of water for its supper.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2018

We’d have a dollop of stirabout each and enough flour for a tiny loaf of bread that would last us for days.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

The father finished his stirabout, and turned round to the blazing turf, to find consolation there.

From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Trollope, Anthony

Ain’t I been makin’ stirabout for you these forty years?

From The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn by Raymond, Evelyn

Here, Katty Murray, drop scrubbin' that dresser, an' put down, the midlin' pot for stirabout.

From Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William