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lob⋅scouse

  [lob-skous]
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–noun
a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.
Also, lob⋅scourse  [lob-skawrs, -skohrs] .

Origin:
1700–10; cf. loblolly; Norw lapskaus, Dan labskovs, G labskaus all ult. < E
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lob·scouse   (lŏb'skous')   
n.  A sailor's stew made of meat, vegetables, and hardtack.

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