rubaboo
[ ruhb-uh-boo ]
/ ˈrʌb əˌbu /
noun Canadian.
soup made from pemmican, flour, and water, once common among fur trappers, hunters, etc.
Origin of rubaboo
First recorded in 1815–25; origin uncertain
Words nearby rubaboo
rub the wrong way,
rub up,
rub up on,
rub-a-dub,
rub` al khali,
rubaboo,
rubaiyat stanza,
rubarth's disease,
rubasse,
rubato,
rubber
British Dictionary definitions for rubaboo
rubaboo
/ (ˈrʌbəˌbuː) /
noun
Canadian
a soup or stew made by boiling pemmican with, if available, flour and vegetables
Word Origin for rubaboo
C19: from Canadian French
rababou, from Algonquian