lobscouse

• I say, Mistress La Certe, how long is that lobscouse--or whatever you call it,--goin' to be in cookin'?" —  The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains
• We shall go to Hull by rail, and I will see to it that your top-sails are made all right Wery good, sir You've not forgotten how to make lobscouse or plum-duff, I dare say Bob's eyes brightened as he replied stoutly, "By no manner o' means Then be off, and, remember, sharp six Ay, ay, sir," cried the old seaman in a nautical tone that he had not used for many years, and the very sound of which stirred his heart with old memories. —  Chasing the Sun
• I will suppose that one of the hearers is a sailor, who would relish and appreciate a sausage or a lobscouse. —  Diary in America, Series One
• But long before the cook's husky notes summoned the emigrants' messmen to the galley, to receive their morning allowance of cocoa and their tins of "lobscouse", all hands were on deck, the emigrants gathered in the waist of the ship, leaning over the lee rail, and devouring with their eyes the beauties of the lovely island, fresh, green, and sparkling with the dews of the past night. —  Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship
• I therefore bade him lay for the boatswain and the carpenter as well; for I had sense enough to recognise the importance of keeping my finger upon the pulse of the crew, so to speak, and I knew that this could best be done by means of little confidential chats with the boatswain and Chips, who were the men's representatives The steward presently brought along from the galley the chief ingredients of the supper, consisting of a pot of piping hot cocoa and a dish of steaming "lobscouse", to be followed, he informed me, by a jam tart. —  The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn

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