lobscouse

[ lob-skous ]

/ ˈlɒb skaʊs /

a stew of meat, potatoes, onions, ship biscuit, etc.

Also lob·scourse

[lob-skawrs, -skohrs] /ˈlɒb skɔrs, -skoʊrs/.

Origin of lobscouse

1700–10; cf. loblolly; Norwegian lapskaus, Danish labskovs, German labskaus all ultimately < English

A person who lives in a tower of porcelain and dines on pumpernickel and lobscouse.

The Roycroft Dictionary |Elbert Hubbard
I could live on lobscouse, or soap and bully, for a year, and thank God for getting more than I deserved.

Springhaven |R. D. Blackmore
The object was seated at the dinner-table contending with her lobscouse, and did not feel his presence near.

The Fiend's Delight |Dod Grile
Not to know the delights of a clambake, not to love chowder, to be ignorant of lobscouse!

The Cruise of the Dolphin |Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Lobscouse, master,” replied old Tom, “and not bad lining either.

Jacob Faithful |Captain Frederick Marryat

lobscouse

/ (ˈlɒbˌskaʊs) /

a sailor's stew of meat, vegetables, and hardtack

C18: perhaps from dialect lob to boil + scouse, broth; compare loblolly