lobscouse: A sailor's stew made of meat, vegetables, and hardtack (a hard biscuit or bread made with only flour and water. Also called sea biscuit, sea bread, ship biscuit.) From dictionary.com:
scouse Scouse (skous), n. (Naut.) A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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whoohoo.co.uk [WARNING: Popovers and popunders galore!] "Translate your English phrase, email or text message into a variety of different British dialects including Geordie, Cockney Rhyming Slang, Irish, Brummie, Scottish, Scouse, Posh and Ali G." "Good morning" translated in Scouse to "Awright" and, in Brummie, to "Bostin mornen." Awright!
Here is an interesting site.... Unfortunately it will only give you anti-Liverpool players more fuel to fight with... Here are some definitions... scouse (skous) n. A lobscouse. often Scouser (skousr) A native or resident of Liverpool, England. often Scouse The dialect of English spoken in Liverpool. [Short for lobscouse.] scouse Scouse (skous), n. (Naut.) A sailor's dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See Lobscouse. --Ham. Nav. scouse n : a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors [syn: lobscouse, lobscuse]
*Shakes head* The boy just doesn't read, does he? Look up, fooker, look up.
Whatever, mine was more comprehensive...
It ain't a fecking competition, ladies.
