Definitions

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  • noun Liverpudlian, colloquial A Liverpudlian.

Etymologies

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scouse +‎ -er, from scouse, a common stew in Liverpool.

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Examples

  • But this joke which David claimed was OK because as Michael Howard was no longer leader he was unlikely to be sent to Liverpool to apologise) only inspired the toastmaster - a grey haired, red uniformed town-crier like figure) to offer: "What do you call a Scouser in a suit?"

    Archive 2006-04-01 Kerron Cross 2006

  • But this joke which David claimed was OK because as Michael Howard was no longer leader he was unlikely to be sent to Liverpool to apologise) only inspired the toastmaster - a grey haired, red uniformed town-crier like figure) to offer: "What do you call a Scouser in a suit?"

    Council Receptions Kerron Cross 2006

  • Roy Sweeney, 64, a "Scouser" who moved home there in 1976 and runs a butchery business, added: "It's very nice, I can't say anything bad about it.

    Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2009

  • If an Ozzy, or a Scouser, or a yank tried to take any one to court for caling them that, they would not get within a sniff of a barristers apron, Call any one from a country with a skin tone darker than pure driven snow, and you will be upü before the bench, hung drawn and quartered before lunch time.

    Purple Pain « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • A Scouser failing to spot sarcasm is equally amazing.

    Liverpool 1-0 Fulham | Premier League match report 2011

  • There is an extraordinary quote in the People from Sir Alex Ferguson about his dilemma whether to pick Michael Owen or Wayne Rooney against Basel: "Wayne always wants to play, so do I face a moaning-faced Scouser and go with the instinct of playing Owen?"

    Tiki-taka: Guy Branston's interesting negotiations with Barry Fry 2011

  • The blogging Scouser wrote, This decision by Hicks to blurt out the meetings with Klinsmann to the Liverpool Echo newspaper, the paper that many Liverpudlians read, was inane. ...

    Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

  • The blogging Scouser wrote, This decision by Hicks to blurt out the meetings with Klinsmann to the Liverpool Echo newspaper, the paper that many Liverpudlians read, was inane. ...

    Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

  • Fowler, a Liverpudlian, had fulfilled the Scouser dream of becoming a star player for his hometown team.

    Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

  • Fowler, a Liverpudlian, had fulfilled the Scouser dream of becoming a star player for his hometown team.

    Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

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