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Couscous

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Kous-Kous (an Arabic word derived from kaskasa, to pound), a dish common among the inhabitants of North Africa, made of flour rubbed together and steamed over a stew of mutton, fowl, &c., with which it is eaten.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Couscous'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/couscous.html. 1910.
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