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[
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Origin
scouse
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skaʊs
/
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skous
]
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noun
British Nautical
.
a baked dish or stew made usually with meat and hardtack.
Origin:
1830–40;
short for
lobscouse
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World English Dictionary
scouse
(skaʊs)
—
n
dialect
(
Liverpool
) a stew made from left-over meat
[C19: shortened from
lobscouse
]
Scouse
(skaʊs)
—
n
1.
Also called:
Scouser
a person who lives in or comes from Liverpool
2.
the dialect spoken by such a person
—
adj
3.
of or from Liverpool; Liverpudlian
[C20: from
scouse
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
scouse
1840, short for lobscouse "a sailor's stew made of meat, vegetables, and hardtack," of uncertain origin (cf. loblolly); transf. sense of "native or inhabitant of Liverpool" is recorded from 1945. In ref to the regional dialect, from 1963.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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