lobscouse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lobscouse
1700–10; cf. loblolly; Norwegian lapskaus, Danish labskovs, German labskaus all ultimately < English
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The English term "scouse" comes from the Swedish word lobscouse, a type of stew.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
In Liverpool he instantly identifies lobscouse, a stew originally eaten by Baltic sailors and eponymous with the city, while he uncovers the historical link between Wigan and pies.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2010
The monkeys when fat were fine, and tasted so good I should have been willing to exchange a dish of lobscouse for a monkey.
From The Land of the Long Night by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu
He declared the Widow Gallup did not know how to make a decent chowder, anyway; and as for lobscouse, or the proper frying of a mess of "blood-ends," she was all at sea.
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by James A. Cooper
Not to know the delights of a clambake, not to love chowder, to be ignorant of lobscouse!
From Cruise of the Dolphin by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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