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[edit]
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