pepper-and-salt

English

Adjective

pepper-and-salt (comparative more pepper-and-salt, superlative most pepper-and-salt)

1. (figurative, uncommon) Of a feeling, intense, spirited, or vigorous.
2. Alternative form of salt-and-pepper
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 127:

     She paused on the cleanest of steps; a lad in pepper-and-salt livery opened the door; and she entered the hall and an atmosphere of most savoury soup, where she seemed likely to remain...

Noun

pepper-and-salt (uncountable)

1. Synonym of harbinger-of-spring (“Erigenia bulbosa”)