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lobscouse [lob-skous] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
Also lob·scourse [lob-skawrs, -skohrs] /ˈlɒb skɔrs, -skoʊrs/. Origin of lobscouse 1700–10; cf. loblolly; Norwegian lapskaus, Danish labskovs, German labskaus all ultimately English Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for lobscouse Historical Examples of lobscouse
They love their music as they love their lobscouse, hot and strong and plenty.
Walter Besant
Johansen preferred the “lobscouse,” while I had a weakness for the “fiskegratin.”
Fridtjof Nansen
Not to know the delights of a clam-bake, not to love chowder, to be ignorant of lobscouse!
Various
A person who lives in a tower of porcelain and dines on pumpernickel and lobscouse.
Elbert Hubbard
Not a taste of lobscouse will you lubbers get until you give up my hog.
George Yellott
British Dictionary definitions for lobscouse lobscouse noun
- a sailor’s stew of meat, vegetables, and hardtack
Word Origin for lobscouse C18: perhaps from dialect lob to boil + scouse, broth; compare loblolly Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
