lobscouse
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of lobscouse
1700–10; 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
The two port cities even share a local delicacy: Labskaus or lobscouse, a meat-based stew that used to be cooked on visiting ships.
From The Guardian
A person who lives in a tower of porcelain and dines on pumpernickel and lobscouse.
From Project Gutenberg
Not a taste of lobscouse will you lubbers get until you give up my hog.
From Project Gutenberg
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.”
From Project Gutenberg
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