Usually means: Thick stew of various meats.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. burgoo: Merriam-Webster
  2. burgoo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burgoo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. burgoo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. burgoo: Vocabulary.com
  6. Burgoo, burgoo: Wordnik
  7. burgoo: Wiktionary
  8. burgoo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. burgoo: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Burgoo, burgoo: Dictionary.com
  11. Burgoo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Burgoo: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. burgoo: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. burgoo: Rhymezone
  15. Burgoo: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. BURGOO: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  17. burgoo: FreeDictionary.org
  18. burgoo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. burgoo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Burgoo: World Wide Words

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burgoo: Linda's Culinary Dictionary

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  1. burgoo: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. burgoo, Burgoo: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Burgoo: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (burgoo)

noun:  (nautical) A dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter.
noun:  (Midwestern US) A spicy stew, typically made with a combination of meats and vegetables, and often served with cornbread or corn muffins.

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