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pepperpot

pepperpot is the alternative spelling of pepper pot.

Meaning of pepper pot

Noun

pepper pot (plural pepper pots)

  1. A small container with a perforated top used for sprinkling ground pepper.
  2. A mushroom, Myriostoma coliforme.
  3. A soup made of tripe, vegetables and dumplings, seasoned with pepper.
  4. (figuratively) A person who is hot tempered; a feisty or argumentative person.
    • An unfortunate quarrel between our pepperpots marked the outset of our new stage.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Forms of pepperpot

pluralpepperpots

Phrases with pepperpot

Questions about pepperpot

What is pepperpot the alternative spelling of?
Pepperpot is the alternative spelling of pepper pot.

Words near pepperpot in the dictionary

  1. pepperoni-less
  2. pepperonied
  3. pepperoniless
  4. pepperonis
  5. Pepperony
  6. pepperpot
  7. pepperpot soup
  8. pepperpot soups
  9. pepperpots
  10. peppers
  11. peppers up

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