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COUSCOUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 330 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COUSCOUS , or Kous-xous (an Arabic word derived from kaskasa, to

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pound), a dish
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common among the inhabitants of
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North
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Africa, made of
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flour rubbed together and steamed over a stew of mutton,
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fowl, &c., with which it is eaten .

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