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scouce

scouce is the obsolete form of scouse.

Meaning of scouse

Noun

scouse (countable and uncountable, plural scouses)

  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...2019 October 30, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect scouse – recipe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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Questions about scouce

What is scouce the obsolete form of?
Scouce is the obsolete form of scouse.

Words near scouce in the dictionary

  1. scottyite
  2. SCOTUK
  3. SCOTUS
  4. scoubidou
  5. scoubidous
  6. scouce
  7. scoucer
  8. scoucers
  9. scouch
  10. scouched
  11. scouching

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