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lobscouse

[ lob-skous ]

noun

  1. a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.


lobscouse

/ 藞濒蓲产藢蝉办补蕣蝉 /

noun

  1. a sailor's stew of meat, vegetables, and hardtack
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lobscouse1

1700鈥10; loblolly; Norwegian lapskaus, Danish labskovs, German labskaus all ultimately < English
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lobscouse1

C18: perhaps from dialect lob to boil + scouse, broth; compare loblolly
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Example Sentences

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

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The two port cities even share a local delicacy: Labskaus or lobscouse, a meat-based stew that used to be cooked on visiting ships.

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A person who lives in a tower of porcelain and dines on pumpernickel and lobscouse.

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Not a taste of lobscouse will you lubbers get until you give up my hog.

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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 鈥渓obscouse鈥 and 鈥渄underfunk.鈥

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