pea-souper
Americannoun
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Chiefly British Informal. pea soup.
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Canadian Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a French Canadian.
Etymology
Origin of pea-souper
Example Sentences
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The worst in recent memory was London's "pea-souper" of December 1952, which contributed to the deaths of an estimated 4,000 people.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2018
But China offers a vision of environmental degradation far in excess of the pea-souper fogs of 1950s London or Manchester.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2017
But it was not until the 1830s, when the city’s population exceeded 2m, that London fog became the famous sulphurous pea-souper.
From Economist • Nov. 5, 2015
Vocalist Biff kicks you while you're down, his voice carrying like a foghorn in a pea-souper and capable of shattering bulletproof glass at 60 paces.
From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2013
They know not the "pea-souper" on the other side of the Straits of Dover, and the light, invigorating atmosphere is markedly apparent directly one enters France or Belgium.
From The Sign of Silence by Le Queux, William
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