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  scouse

  noun

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

  noun

  a person who lives in or comes from Liverpool

scouse

American  

[skaus] / skaʊs /

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!

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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 British  

/ skaʊs /

noun

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

2. the dialect spoken by such a person

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adjective

1. of or from Liverpool; Liverpudlian

scouse ² British  

/ skaʊs /

noun

1. dialect a stew made from left-over meat

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Etymology

Origin of scouse

First recorded in 1830–40; short for lobscouse

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Example Sentences

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scouse Scouse

The English term "scouse" comes from the Swedish word lobscouse, a type of stew.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024

The place is "abuzz" according to the city region mayor, while Claire McColgan of Culture Liverpool said the scouse capital was "full of love, compassion and joy".

From BBC ● May 12, 2023

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

The funny thing was I could never understand a word he was saying when he spoke to the other scouse lads.

From The Guardian ● May 23, 2015

"I've got molasses and soft-tack," and "I've just made a dish of scouse."

From Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 by Various

When EsDeeKid, who raps with a Scouse accent and only ever reveals his eyes, burst on to the scene last year everyone was convinced he was Timothée Chalamet.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Their Scouse charm warmed the hearts of seven million viewers and now the example set by Race Across the World winners Jo and Kush is impacting their former school.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

She said it was the "Scouse way" to want to help others.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

Around 100,000 people flocked to Sefton Park for "Scouse Coachella", as it became known, enjoying around 100 acts across three days - and even a little sunshine between the showers.

From BBC ● May 25, 2025

Scouse, slumgullion, hushpuppy, dope without milk, and all sorts of things.

From "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War by Kirk Munroe

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