scouse
Americannoun
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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.
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Usually Scouse
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a Scouser.
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the dialect spoken in Liverpool, England.
If there's anyone out there who understands Scouse, maybe you can help us translate this video!
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adjective
noun
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Also called: Scouser. a person who lives in or comes from Liverpool
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the dialect spoken by such a person
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of scouse
First recorded in 1830–40; short for lobscouse
Example Sentences
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O'Grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his iconic scouse drag queen persona Lily Savage, going on to present game show Blankety Blank and other light entertainment programmes.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023
He said it will celebrate Ukraine's culture with a "scouse twist".
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2022
They had waited 10 years for this, just the last of three decades of frustration for Liverpool supporters that included tragedy and heartbreak yet rarely silenced the passionate scouse voices singing in the Kop.
From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2020
It says on your Twitter profile you make a mean pan of scouse stew… I do that but nothing else.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2019
Even a scouse of mouldy biscuit met the approval of Loolowcan.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 by Various
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