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pepper pot

noun

  1. Also called Philadelphia pepper pot. a highly seasoned, thick soup made of tripe or other meat, vegetables, and sometimes dumplings.
  2. a West Indian stew of meat or fish and vegetables, flavored with cassareep.


pepper pot

noun

  1. a small container with perforations in the top for sprinkling pepper
  2. a Caribbean stew of meat, rice, vegetables, etc, highly seasoned with cassareep
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

The second Pepper-pot cruised up and brought to adjacent to the operations with a watchful eye on the horizon.

In the end, the weapon she decided upon was the big tin pepper-pot, well loaded.

With a gentle motion of her wrist she turned the pepper-pot over, and softly shook it.

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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