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Lobscouse
CIDE DICTIONARY
Lobscouse, n. [Written also lobscourse from which lobscouse is corrupted.] [Lob + course.].
A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Lobscouse, n. a sailor's dish of meat stewed with vegetables and ship's biscuit.
Etymology
18th c.: orig. unkn.: cf. Du. lapskous, Da., Norw., G Lapskaus
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