Scouser
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9.1
- noun
- /ˈskaʊzə/
- UK
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scouser
- Scousers are known for their warm hospitality and sense of humor.
- two Scousers
Pancras, you know, big families, Irish, Scottish, jewellery, Scousers and Cockneys.
- Pancras, you know, big families, Irish, Scottish, jewellery, Scousers and Cockneys.
- I mean deliver publican way, yes, Or the proper Scouser.
- Well, I've learned today that I will never be a Scouser, which is obvious, but I I might be a wool.
- But the best way, snort, lying of coke, get on the door, find some big Scouser who's going to punch the fuck out of you.
- And the Scousers going to to to Holland was just beginning to bubble.
Examples
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Scousers know how to party.
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As a Scouser, she loves the local football team and supports them every match.
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The Scousers, having now entered, make their way through the large house.
Fiction book (1998) -
Meet the two Scousers: Gary and Dean.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Scousers are in their late twenties, one big, one small.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many Scousers are proud of their unique accent and vibrant culture.
Synonyms
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8.3
A person from Great Britain
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6.5
A person from Liverpool in northwest England
A person who is from England
Compounds
How Local
Surface Forms
Morphology
Scouser = Scouse (semi-transparent) = Scouse + er
The word is a regular -er formation from 'Scouse', but the base is a regional term that many learners will not know well enough to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Scouser comes from Scouse, the name of a simple dish once eaten by sailors in Liverpool, a kind of 'stew' or 'soup'. People who ate it were called Scousers, and that name later came to mean anyone from Liverpool.