pepper pot

noun

Definition of pepper pot

1 British : pepperbox sense 1

2a : a highly seasoned West Indian stew of vegetables and meat or fish

b : a thick soup of tripe, meat, dumplings, and vegetables highly seasoned especially with crushed peppercorns

— called also Philadelphia pepper pot

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Of harps and pepper pots and the groaning King’s alone, Lin Fail. — Stanton Delaplane, San Francisco Chronicle, "Comes now upon us St. Patrick’s Day, Stanton Delaplane, 1953," 7 Mar. 2018 Or look at the pepper pot, selected by the BBC as one of 100 objects to tell the story of the history of the world. — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, "A Search for a Lost Hammer Led to the Largest Cache of Roman Treasure Ever Found in Britain," 9 Jan. 2018

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