rub(b)aboo ult. < Algonk., prob. through Cdn F; cf. Ojibwa nempūp soup, broth; Cree apū soup DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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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.