LOBSCOUSE

lobscouse, lobscuse, scouse

(noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lobscouse (usually uncountable, plural lobscouses)

(nautical) A dish of meat stewed with vegetables and ship biscuit.

Anagrams

• colobuses

Source: Wiktionary


Lob"scouse`, n. Etym: [Written also lobscourse from which lobscouse is corrupted.] Etym: [Lob + course.] (Naut.)

Definition: A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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