Stourreen
' ; stoorin Sh.L ; stoorum, stourum Sh.I.
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' ; stoorin Sh.L ; stoorum, stourum Sh.I. (Jam.) Abd. A kind of thin porridge or gruel. Cf. storra, stour, V.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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