pepper pot

See also: pepperpot and pepper-pot

English

Alternative forms

• pepperpot, pepper-pot (in attributive use)

Noun

pepper pot (plural pepper pots)

1. A small container with a perforated top used for sprinkling ground pepper
2. A soup made of tripe, vegetables and dumplings, seasoned with pepper.
3. (figurative) A person who is hot tempered; a feisty or argumentative person.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     An unfortunate quarrel between our pepperpots marked the outset of our new stage.

Synonyms

• (container for pepper): peppershaker
• (soup): Philadelphia pepper pot

Translations

container

• Catalan: pebrera (ca)
• Dutch: pepervaatje (nl) n, peperbus (nl) f
• French: poivrière (fr) f
• Italian: pepiera f, pepaiola f
• Norman: paîvriyi m, paîvriéthe f
• Polish: pieprzniczka (pl)
• Romanian: piperniță (ro) f
• Russian: пе́речница (ru) f (pérečnica)
• Welsh: bocs pupur m

See also

• pepper mill