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A stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors
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lobscouse
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) A dish of meat stewed with vegetables and ship biscuit.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lobscouse \Lob"scouse`\, n. [Written also lobscourse from which lobscouse is corrupted.] [Lob + course.] (Naut.) A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.
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n. a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors [syn: lobscuse , scouse ]
Usage examples of lobscouse.
On gala days he would have us in to dine with him, when he would regale us with lobscouse and salmagundi, or perhaps with an outland dish, a pillaw or olla podrida, or fish broiled after the fashion of the Azores, for he had a famous trick of cooking, and could produce the delicacies of all nations.
He would not even stop long enough to take in fresh supplies from the bum-boats that came round the ship, observing in his decided manner 'that they were not here to blow out their kites with lobscouse, nor to choke their luffs with figgy-dowdy, but to convey the Catalan troops to Santandero without a moment's loss of time -dried peas would answer very well until they should reach Santandero,' and with a fresh breeze, a following tide, and a fine sense of urgency they stood south-west.
Eventually, with darkness gathering, she was brought aft and below, dried, put down in front of a bowl of lobscouse (the Ringle's only dish, apart from skillygalee or burgoo) and desired to 'tuck in, mate, tuck in like a good 'un.