broo

broo (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) broth
   • (Can we date this quote by Traditional song and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The cats love milk, and the dogs love broo,
     The lads love lasses, and the lasses love lads too.

• -boro, Boro, OBOR, boor, boro, boro-, robo-

Probably from Old French breu.

broo (plural broos)

1. soup, broth; gravy

Old English bru.

broo (plural broos)

1. brow, forehead
2. eyebrow
3. brow (of a hill), crest

Representing a Glaswegian pronunciation of (Employment) Bureau.

broo (uncountable)

1. 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.

• -boro, Boro, boor, boro, boro-, robo-