I will suppose that one of the hearers is a sailor, who would relish and appreciate a sausage or a lobscouse. From Wordnik.com. [Diary in America, Series One] Reference
The monkeys when fat were fine, and tasted so good I should have been willing to exchange a dish of lobscouse for a monkey. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of the Long Night] Reference
I had as fine a set of teeth as ever cracked biscuit by the time I was six months old, and lived upon lobscouse and porter. From Wordnik.com. [Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days] Reference
"It's Latin for lobscouse, depend upon it, father," cried Tom, who was stirring up the savoury mess with a large wooden spoon. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Faithful] Reference
"Well, are you set on keepin 'that date in the obituary column, or will we have breakfast?" says I. "I could eat cold lobscouse," says he. From Wordnik.com. [Shorty McCabe] Reference
No sir-ee, 'stead of settin' here swappin 'yarns with you, Cap'n Sears, I'd be somewheres off Cape Horn, cookin' lobscouse and doughboy over a red-hot galley stove. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Harbor] Reference
So, encourage your cabbage habit by investing in a cabbage shredder or vegetable mandolin and slice and dice this perky bloom faster than you can say bubble and squeak, lobscouse and all sorts of other recipes. From Wordnik.com. [Pocket-lint.com] Reference
"Things are lookin 'a little better overhead, so one o' the men told me, an 'I heard Terrence say that we're goin' to have lobscouse for dinner to-day, though what that may be I can't tell -- somethin 'good, I suppose.". From Wordnik.com. [The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue] Reference
I hope you've got something for us as good as that lobscouse last night: it wer prime, and no mistake! ". From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land] Reference
"I've a fine dish of lobscouse, a raisin pie and some cider from Farmer Goggins's press all ready for you. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest] Reference
The diff'culty lies in pickin 'out the good ones thet air worth their salt from the green hands, as ain't up to a kid of lobscouse fur all the work they ken do aboard a shep! ". From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
"There I was, swashin 'from Hackenny to t'other place, livin' on lobscouse and hoss-meat; and here you was, pinin 'away for some one to love you and to talk to you about something sensibler than dropped stitches and croshayed lamp-mats. From Wordnik.com. [The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul] Reference
Tomorrow night's menu: more Lib Dem lobscouse. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
But I make you some lobscouse in de mean time, "I say. From Wordnik.com. [The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley] Reference
La Certe, how long is that lobscouse -- or whatever you call it, -- goin 'to be in cookin'? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains] Reference
We went into the tent and cooked lobscouse. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2] Reference
May he always be fed on lobscouse and fish oil. From Wordnik.com. [Nell Flahertys Drake] Reference
"lobscouse.". From Wordnik.com. [On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story] Reference
"Or some lobscouse?" he added. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan] Reference
Stick the soft ones in the lobscouse! ". From Wordnik.com. [Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest] Reference
What is it to-day, scouse or lobscouse? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Stowaway Girl] Reference
"And now, master, we'll bail out the lobscouse. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Faithful] Reference
It was what the sailors called lobscouse, a sort of pudding made of ship biscuits, liver, and fish. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of the Long Night] Reference
"lobscouse" which the darkey cook had dished up most appetisingly; after which the good lady retired to her cabin for the night in much more cheerful spirits. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land] Reference
"I think if you told him he was the laziest loafer that ever ate lobscouse, he couldn't help saying ` Quite so! '". From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
In Liverpool he instantly identifies lobscouse, a stew originally eaten by Baltic sailors and eponymous with the city, while he uncovers the historical link between Wigan and pies. From Wordnik.com. [Tonight's TV highlights] Reference
"You've not forgotten how to make lobscouse or plum-duff, I dare say?". From Wordnik.com. [Chasing the Sun] Reference
The lobscouse made of pork, fowl and sliced potatoes was a dish to remember. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of Poor Richard] Reference
And so I did; and he and de mates say dey nebber taste such good lobscouse in dere lives. From Wordnik.com. [The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley] Reference
It's a temperance lunch-room for sailors, with regular first-class ship grub; lobscouse, plum-duff and sech. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Dare's Venture] Reference
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