stirabout
English
Etymology
stir + about
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɜːɹəˌbaʊt/
Noun
stirabout (countable and uncountable, plural stirabouts)
- (Ireland) porridge
- 1914, James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners:
- He's really an awful bother, what with green shades for Tom's eyes at night and making him do dumb-bells, and forcing Eva to eat the stirabout.
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- (Ireland) A commotion.