pea soup
Americannoun
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a thick soup made from split peas.
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Informal. a dense, yellow fog.
Etymology
Origin of pea soup
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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But the groundwork had already been laid before Linda Blair ever spit out that pea soup — and not via the Vatican.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
No green pea soup here; instead, vile CG black glop spews forth freely.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
The obvious assumption is that it was the projectile pea soup, or the bloody cross, or the spinning head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Not to mention, he added, all the bandannas — along with homemade scarves and sweaters, wool hats, pea soup, vegan matzoh ball soup, cookies, paintings, poems, letters and more.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
He slept heavily for several hours on the bus, woke and daydreamed, napped a little more, woke again at a rest stop and ate a bowl of pea soup.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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