pepper pot
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See also: pepperpot and pepper-pot
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- pepperpot, pepper-pot (in attributive use)
Noun
[edit]pepper pot (plural pepper pots)
- A small container with a perforated top used for sprinkling ground pepper
- A soup made of tripe, vegetables and dumplings, seasoned with pepper.
- (figurative) A person who is hot tempered; a feisty or argumentative person.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- An unfortunate quarrel between our pepperpots marked the outset of our new stage.
Synonyms
[edit]- (container for pepper): peppershaker
- (soup): Philadelphia pepper pot
Translations
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