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
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
Bhutan’s pea soup, for instance, “reminded me so much of the American split pea soup or, as we make it in Italy, the dry fava soup,” she says.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 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
I get an extra-large portion of pea soup and am headed back to Compartment E when Boggs intercepts me.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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