pea-souper
[ pee-soo-per ]
/ ˈpiˈsu pər /
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noun
Chiefly British Informal. pea soup (def. 2).
Canadian Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a French Canadian.
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How to use pea-souper in a sentence
I could tell you some chump-chilling tales about life on the box in a London peasouper.
British Dictionary definitions for pea-souper
peasouper
/ (ˌpiːˈsuːpə) /
noun
informal, mainly British dense dirty yellowish fog
Canadian a disparaging name for a French Canadian
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