stirabout

[ stur-uh-bout ]

noun

, British.

1. porridge.

stirabout

/ ˈstɜːrəˌbaʊt /

noun

1. a kind of porridge orginally made in Ireland
2. a bustling person

Word History and Origins

Origin of stirabout¹

First recorded in 1675–85; noun use of verb phrase stir about to stir up

Example Sentences

At twelve o’clock it gets dinner, composed of a tin of coarse Indian meal stirabout, and at half-past five it gets a piece of dry bread and a tin of water for its supper.

From Slate

A servant brought us a bowl of stirabout and some rusks and salted codfish, and we breakfasted there in my chamber, scarcely speaking.

From Project Gutenberg

A servant, wearing a pistol in his belt, brought us bread and hot stirabout in a great blue bowl.

From Project Gutenberg

And so I saw her with the salt-box, savouring his stirabout so that it should be seasoned to his liking, and, with the cone of sugar, chip such morsels with her knife as he might mumble when he chose.

From Project Gutenberg

"An' so he did, sure enough," she replied, "and paid for it too; and by the same token didn't I go down to Balgowna myself for the milk and the male before the sun was over the tree tops; and here it is for ye, ma colleen:" so saying, she placed a bowl of stirabout and some milk before Cathleen, and then sat down on the stool opposite to her, watching her intently.

From Project Gutenberg