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lobscouse

 
Dictionary: lob·scouse   (lŏb'skous') pronunciation
 
n.

A sailor's stew made of meat, vegetables, and hardtack.

[Perhaps dialectal lob, to bubble + scouse, of unknown origin.]


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Sailor's stew of meat and vegetables, classically thickened with ship's biscuit.

 
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a sailor's dish prepared by stewing or baking bits of meat with vegetables
 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors
  Synonyms: lobscuse, scouse


 
 
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