pea-souper
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pea-souper
- /ˈpiːˌsuːpə/ UK
- /ˈpiˌsupɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From pea soup + -er (suffix meaning ‘person or thing connected with’);
* (dense, yellowish fog): from the appearance of the fog
* (French-Canadian person): may be from the prevalence of pea soup in French cuisine: compare pea soup (“(slang, derogatory) French person”).
noun pea-soupers · peasouper · pea souper
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A dense, yellowish fog, often mixed with smoke; a pea-soup fog, a smog.
A man bumped into a lamp post during a pea-souper; he immediately apologised to it, not realising what it was.
Similar: pea soup fog, pea-soup fog, peasoup fog
- A French-Canadian person, especially a Francophone from the province of Québec. Those pea-soupers are the worst drivers on the road!
Translations
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noun dense, yellowish fog
| Français | purée de pois |
|---|---|
| Italiano | nebbia fitta, nebbione |
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