pepper mill

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noun
  1. a small handheld device for storing and grinding peppercorns.

Origin of pepper mill

1
First recorded in 1855–60

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How to use pepper mill in a sentence

  • We dined pleasantly—two good courses, 59that was all; a dinner without pretence, where we served ourselves with the pepper-mill.

    Ten Tales | Franois Coppe
  • A small quantity of the sample being ground in a coffee or pepper mill, 100 gr.

British Dictionary definitions for pepper mill

pepper mill

noun
  1. a small hand mill used to grind peppercorns

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