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lobscows

lobscows is the alternative form of lobscouse.

Meaning of lobscouse

Noun

lobscouse (usually uncountable, plural lobscouses)

  1. (usually) A dish of meat stewed with vegetables and ship biscuit.
    • [A] dish of hard fish swimming in oil appeared at each end, the sides being furnished with a mess of that savoury composition known by the name of lob's course […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about lobscows

What is lobscows the alternative form of?
Lobscows is the alternative form of lobscouse.

Words near lobscows in the dictionary

  1. lobscourse
  2. lobscouse
  3. lobscouser
  4. lobscousers
  5. lobscouses
  6. lobscows
  7. lobsided
  8. lobspound
  9. Lobstein syndrome
  10. lobster
  11. lobster box

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