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lobscouse

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lob·scouse  (lbskous)
n.
A sailor's stew made of meat, vegetables, and hardtack.

[Perhaps dialectal lob, to bubble + scouse, of unknown origin.]

lobscouse [ˈlɒbˌskaʊs]
n
(Cookery) a sailor's stew of meat, vegetables, and hardtack
[perhaps from dialect lob to boil + scouse, broth; compare loblolly]
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Noun1.lobscouse - a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors
stew - food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables


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Let's remember the word Scouse is from Lobscouse which is a food, you would not call people from Lancashire black pudding or Eccles cakes, or people from Lincolnshire sausages so why call us after a dish of stew?
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