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rub(b)aboo ult. < Algonk., prob. through Cdn F; cf. Ojibwa nempūp soup, broth; Cree apū soup

• 1 n. See 1964 quote.

  See also: burgoo  richeau  ruhiggan burgoo  

  • The precise origin of this widely used term of earlier days is obscure; it may have been influenced by burgoo, used by the English traders in much the same sense.

• 2 n. Fig. a miscellany; a mixed bag.