broo
English
Noun
broo (uncountable)
- (Scotland) broth
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- The cats love milk, and the dogs love broo,
The lads love lasses, and the lasses love lads too.
- The cats love milk, and the dogs love broo,
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Anagrams
Scots
Etymology 1
Probably from Old French breu.
Noun
broo (plural broos)
Etymology 2
Noun
broo (plural broos)
Etymology 3
Representing a Glaswegian pronunciation of (Employment) Bureau.
Noun
broo (uncountable)
- unemployment benefit; the dole
- 2012, James Kelman, Not While the Giro:
- A mean A've been oan the broo fir well oor a year, an naebody gits money eftir a year.
- 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404 Ink 2018, p. 103:
- Ye ever been oan the brew? It's a fuckin nightmare. Honestly, yer better aff workin.
- 2012, James Kelman, Not While the Giro: