peasouper
Britishnoun
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informal dense dirty yellowish fog
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a disparaging name for a French Canadian
Example Sentences
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Singapore’s murky air is still pristine compared with the peasouper choking parts of Sumatra, the big Indonesian island nearby.
From Economist • Sep. 10, 2015
As the investigational peasouper thickens, other characters bob to the surface, croutonishly.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013
For four days and nights, the dark, satanic peasouper dumped grit and grime over 22 counties, cocooned 125,000 miles of icy roads, and caused 20,000 automobile breakdowns.
From Time Magazine Archive
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