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

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

A servant, wearing a pistol in his belt, brought us bread and hot stirabout in a great blue bowl.

From Cardigan by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

This was a fact which Big Anne might well have admitted, considering that she had just been squatting on her heels to eat her plate of stirabout.

From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane

"You'll not be contenting yourselves with the stirabout now that you have your brother back again with you."

From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.