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pepper pot
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.
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of pepper pot1
First recorded in 1670–80
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Example Sentences
Sweeting stands before Greening, holding out her dress while Greening reaches down pepper-pot from dresser.
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The second Pepper-pot cruised up and brought to adjacent to the operations with a watchful eye on the horizon.
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In the end, the weapon she decided upon was the big tin pepper-pot, well loaded.
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With a gentle motion of her wrist she turned the pepper-pot over, and softly shook it.
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Mrs. Gammit was just about to turn the pepper-pot over, when she saw a third dim shape approaching, and stayed her hand.
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