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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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broo
,
buroo
noun
in former times the Labour ‘Bureau’, or employment exchange, a Job Centre; hence, unemployment benefit:
Duncan, I’ll hev
[have]
to get you a card, a broo card.
20-
.
etymology:
Scots; attested by
BS in TDITA
and
DW