pepper pot

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noun

Also called Philadelphia pepper pot. a highly seasoned, thick soup made of tripe or other meat, vegetables, and sometimes dumplings.

a West Indian stew of meat or fish and vegetables, flavored with cassareep.

pepperbox.

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Origin of pepper pot

First recorded in 1670–80

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How to use pepper pot in a sentence

Sweeting stands before Greening, holding out her dress while Greening reaches down pepper-pot from dresser.
Christmas Entertainments|Alice Maude Kellogg
The second Pepper-pot cruised up and brought to adjacent to the operations with a watchful eye on the horizon.
Grapes of wrath|Boyd Cable
In the end, the weapon she decided upon was the big tin pepper-pot, well loaded.
The Backwoodsmen|Charles G. D. Roberts
With a gentle motion of her wrist she turned the pepper-pot over, and softly shook it.
The Backwoodsmen|Charles G. D. Roberts

Mrs. Gammit was just about to turn the pepper-pot over, when she saw a third dim shape approaching, and stayed her hand.
The Backwoodsmen|Charles G. D. Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for pepper pot

pepper pot

noun

a small container with perforations in the top for sprinkling pepper

a Caribbean stew of meat, rice, vegetables, etc, highly seasoned with cassareep

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