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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: lobscouse - origin? #76361 07/18/2002 5:43 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's the earliest citation plus the one that lends credence to lobscourse: 1706 [E. WARD] Wooden World Diss. (1708) 83 He has sent the Fellow.. to the Devil, that first invented Lobscouse. 1751 SMOLLETT Per. Pic. (1779) I. ix. 76 A mess of that savoury composition known by the name of lob's course. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted lobscouse - origin? WhitmanO'Neill 07/18/2002 5:19 PM Re: lobscouse - origin? AnnaStrophic 07/18/2002 5:33 PM Re: lobscouse - origin? tsuwm 07/18/2002 5:36 PM Re: lobscouse - origin? tsuwm 07/18/2002 5:43 PM Re: lobscouse - origin? wwh 07/18/2002 6:03 PM Re: lobscouse - origin? RhubarbCommando 07/18/2002 8:37 PM Re: lobscouse - origin? WhitmanO'Neill 07/18/2002 9:58 PM Re: lobscouse - origin? dxb 07/19/2002 10:47 AM Re: lobscouse - origin? Jackie 07/19/2002 3:43 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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