buroo

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buroo [bəˈruː bruː]

n pl -roos Scot and Irish dialect

1. (Social Welfare) the government office from which unemployment benefit is distributed

2. (Social Welfare) the unemployment benefit itself (esp in the phrase on the buroo)

[from bureau]

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No references found			Do folk who diddle the buroo or the taxman get to say: "Whoops. Whata fiasco; Expenses black-out heaps more disgrace on our MPs by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) But there was no sympathy from cops who hit him with a pounds 50 fine - half his buroo money. Waste of fine; RecordView by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ON WORK Listen here tae me, there is a working population in this country of 20 million, there is only 17 million joabs to go roond, so some poor bugger's got to be on the buroo. The wit and wisdom of Mr Nesbitt by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			burnoose burnous burnouse burnout burnout velocity Burns Burns Night burns unit Burnside burnsides Burnstickle Burnsville burnt burnt almond Burnt ear burnt lime burnt offering Burnt sacrifice burnt shale burnt sienna burnt sugar burnt umber burnt-out burnt-tip orchid burnup buroo burp burp gun burping burqa Burr burr drill burr marigold Burr millstone burr oak burr-headed Burra burramys burrawang burrawong burred Burrel Burrel fly Burrel shot Burrell Burrell Collection Burren burrfish Burrhus Frederic Skinner Burrill Bernard Crohn Burring machine			burnt up burnt up burnt velocity Burnt Weeny Sandwich burnt-on sand burnt-out burnt-out burnt-out burnt-out burnt-out burnt-tip orchid BURNTHROUGH Burntisland Tenants and Residents Association BURNTRA Burntwood Community Health Resource Centre Burntwood Lichfield Tamworth Primary Care Trust Burntwood Regional Health Authority BURNU burnup burnup Büro Destruct Designer Büro Emekçileri Sendikas Büro für Internationale Forschungs- und Technologiekooperation Buro Happold Inclusive Design Büro Und Datentechnik Buro Voor Bestuurlijke Informatica Burocracy Burocracy Burocracy Burokku Torihiki buroo Buros Institute for Assessment Consultation and Outreach Buros Institute of Mental Measurements BUROTROP Burough Burough Burough Burov, Andrei Burov, Andrei Konstantinovich Burow's solution Burow's solution Burow's solution Burow's solution burp burp burp burp gun burp guns BURPA burped burped burping burping burping Burping the Pouch Burping Turds Burping Turds Musick burps burps burqa burqa

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