boro

1. Jamaicaborrow

plural boros

1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of borough.

1. Teessideball gamesThe town of Middlesbrough, and more specifically Middlesbrough FC football club.

   They created the better chances while Boro, looking every inch a troubled team, rarely looked like avoiding a third successive goalless home draw.

   1999, Stuart Barnes, “Boro's form keeps failing”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian

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   If, however, Boro let their guard slip, you can bet the Tigers will tear their guests for the day to shreds. In not one game this season have City sat back. Against Middlesbrough it will surely be no different.

   2009, Ian Waterstone, Live Through the Dream: The Epic Journey Depicting Hull City's First Ever Season in the Top Flight of English Football, →ISBN, page 124

   Last week, the man from the local paper told the 24-year-old author that in years to come the "Linny", as the pub is known, will feature prominently on "Richard Milward Tours" of Boro.

   2009, Caspar Llewellyn Smith, “A night out with the young bard of Boro”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), The Guardian

2. ball gamesStevenage Football Club, a football team from Stevenage formerly known as Stevenage Borough Football Club

   Craig Reid struck the United woodwork, while Boro goalkeeper Chris Day had to tip over a header from his own midfielder Michael Bostwick.

   2012 May 11, Chris Osborne, “Stevenage 0-0 Sheff Utd”, in BBC Sport

3. A locality in the Queanbeyan-Palerang council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.