scouse

[ skous ]

noun

1. a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack:

   You can't visit Liverpool without delving into a piping hot bowl of scouse.

2. Usually Scouse.
   1. a Scouser.
   2. the dialect spoken in Liverpool, England:

      If there's anyone out there who understands Scouse, maybe you can help us translate this video!

adjective

1. Often Scouse. relating to a person or people from Liverpool or to the dialect spoken there:

   She still speaks with a Scouse accent.

scouse

¹

/ skaʊs /

noun

1. dialect.
   a stew made from left-over meat

Scouse

²

/ skaʊs /

noun

1. Also calledScouser a person who lives in or comes from Liverpool
2. the dialect spoken by such a person

adjective

1. of or from Liverpool; Liverpudlian

Word History and Origins

Origin of scouse¹

First recorded in 1830–40; short for lobscouse

Word History and Origins

Origin of scouse¹

C19: shortened from lobscouse

Origin of scouse²

C20: from scouse

Example Sentences

Tell that lazy Portugee to make some puddin' and tell him to get some bread scouse ready for the crew.

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Even a scouse of mouldy biscuit met the approval of Loolowcan.

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We called the captain, and requested him to inspect the pan of scouse.

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Not to know the delights of a clam-bake, not to love chowder, to be ignorant of lob-scouse!

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I was allowed my full share of the “lob-scouse,” the “sea-pies,” and “plum-duff,” and was no longer hunted out of the forecastle.

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