stirabout

American  

[stur-uh-baut] / 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

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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

But you'll forgive a body as has been these two days in a stirabout.

From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

B. Sometimes stirabout, and in sumer we have the best frauhaurg in all the county.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Temple Scott

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 William Carleton

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