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lobscouse
[lob-skous]
noun
a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
lobscouse
/ ˈɒˌ첹ʊ /
noun
a sailor's stew of meat, vegetables, and hardtack
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lobscouse1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lobscouse1
Example Sentences
The English term "scouse" comes from the Swedish word lobscouse, a type of stew.
The two port cities even share a local delicacy: Labskaus or lobscouse, a meat-based stew that used to be cooked on visiting ships.
A person who lives in a tower of porcelain and dines on pumpernickel and lobscouse.
Not a taste of lobscouse will you lubbers get until you give up my hog.
Both on the voyage from Panama and also on the long route around Cape Horn, ship-captains often saved their good provisions for the California market, and fed their passengers on nauseous “lobscouse” and “dunderfunk.”
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