pea-souper
豌豆荚,菽庄花园
Definitions
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- : Chiefly British Informal. pea soup.
- : Canadian Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a French Canadian.
Examples
These days they are occasional meteorological irruptions, white river mists, not dense and toxic industrial pea-soupers.
When we meet, Yeonmi is impeccably dressed in a red pea coat and heels, her long hair pulled back in a ponytail.
“This poor guy has a pea coat on,” he says, pointing to a well-dressed youngster in the front row.
“Pea Tear Griffon” is singing what goes up must come down while reading Nathaniel Hawthorne.
A couple weeks ago, I found a pea-sized shard of shrapnel from a past attack in a parking lot.
With this company he had rendered valiant service in the campaign which ended with the battle of Pea Ridge.
He is a Confederate soldier who was cruelly wounded at Pea Ridge, and found his way here.
If a true lady makes even a plate of toast, in arranging a petit souper for her invalid friend, she does it as a lady should.
Most of this work I did alone, leaving Mike free for other tasks, and Joe free to cut the pea brush.
I have never seen a pea-green monkey before, and it strikes me you are quite gorgeous.