scouse

[ skous ]

/ skaʊs /

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noun British Nautical.

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

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Origin of scouse

First recorded in 1830–40; short for lobscouse

Words nearby scouse

scourer, scourge, scouring pad, scouring rush, scourings, scouse, scout, scout car, scoutcraft, scouter, scouth

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How to use scouse in a sentence

Tell that lazy Portugee to make some puddin' and tell him to get some bread scouse ready for the crew.
Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812|James Barnes
Even a scouse of mouldy biscuit met the approval of Loolowcan.
Mount Rainier|Various
We called the captain, and requested him to inspect the pan of scouse.
Round Cape Horn|Joseph Lamson
Not to know the delights of a clam-bake, not to love chowder, to be ignorant of lob-scouse!
The Story of a Bad Boy|Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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.
Ran Away to Sea|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for scouse (1 of 2)

scouse

/ (skaʊs) /

noun

Liverpool dialect a stew made from left-over meat

Word Origin for scouse

C19: shortened from lobscouse

British Dictionary definitions for scouse (2 of 2)

Scouse

/ (skaʊs) British informal /

noun

Also called: Scouser a person who lives in or comes from Liverpool

the dialect spoken by such a person

adjective

of or from Liverpool; Liverpudlian

Word Origin for Scouse

C20: from scouse

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