peasouper

British  

/ ˌpiːˈsuːpə /

noun

1. informal  dense dirty yellowish fog

2. a disparaging name for a French Canadian

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Example Sentences

The Falcons were grounded in a thick New England peasouper on Sunday night, losing 23-7 in a rematch that had none of the excitement of the Super Bowl the teams took to overtime in February.

From Washington Times

Postwar London of the ’50s had been a dreary place of rationing, bomb sites and “peasouper” fogs.

From New York Times

“It’s white, not black, green or yellow, as a London peasouper would have been in the 19th century.”

From New York Times

Singapore’s murky air is still pristine compared with the peasouper choking parts of Sumatra, the big Indonesian island nearby.

From Economist

As the investigational peasouper thickens, other characters bob to the surface, croutonishly.

From The Guardian