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scouse

  [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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scouse   (skous)   
n.  

  1. A lobscouse.

    1. often Scous·er (skou'sər) A native or resident of Liverpool, England.

    2. often Scouse The dialect of English spoken in Liverpool.


[Short for lobscouse.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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