scouse

adj, noun — 3 senses

Scouse

adjalso spelled Scouse

/skaʊs/

Etymology From scouse, a stew popular in the Liverpool area, originally a clipping of lobscouse.

1

Colloquial Liverpudlian.

  • When my play Windermere opened at the Clerkenwell Theatre in London, up against Russell's mighty Blood Brothers, I was proud that it boasted a majority Scouse cast.2007 April 27, Tommy Kearney, “Staging a slice of Scouse life”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

scouse

noun

Etymology Clipping of lobscouse, of uncertain origin.

1

A stew associated with the Liverpool area, usually containing (at least) meat, onions, carrots and potatoes.

  • Unsurprisingly, given the geography of the area, Liverpool’s scouse isn’t dissimilar to Irish stew or Lancashire hotpot, either, and, like those noble dishes, is eminently practical, easy to make in a small kitchen, or indeed a galley, and to adapt to current circumstances – there’s even a vegetarian variant, blind scouse, for when you can’t, or won’t, run to meat.2019 October 30, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect scouse – recipe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Derived terms
blind scouse

Scouse

noun

Etymology From scouse, a stew popular in the Liverpool area, originally a clipping of lobscouse.

1

Colloquial Synonym of Scouser (“Liverpudlian”).

  • The Scouses, not known for their wit, responded with the 'Munich runway' chant. And, golly gosh, nearly the whole stadium sang back. Who knows, this chanting might really take off one day.2001 September 9, Will Buckley, “Beckham tops it off”, in The Observer:

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