pea-souper

[ pee-soo-per ]

/ ˈpiˈsu pər /

noun

Chiefly British Informal. pea soup(def 2).

Canadian Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a French Canadian.

Nearby words

pea rifle, pea soup, pea tree, pea weevil, pea-brain, pea-souper, peabody, peabody bird, peabody, elizabeth palmer, peabody, endicott, peabody, george

Origin of pea-souper

First recorded in 1885–90; pea soup + -er¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for peasouper

I could tell you some chump-chilling tales about life on the box in a London peasouper.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, 16th November, 1895|Various

British Dictionary definitions for peasouper

peasouper

/ (ˌpiːˈsuːpə) /

noun

informal, mainly British dense dirty yellowish fog

Canadian a disparaging name for a French Canadian

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012