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Definition of Pepper grinder
1. Noun. A mill for grinding pepper.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pepper Grinder
Literary usage of Pepper grinder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"... or Pepper-grinder, originally painted аз а grocer's sign ; it is an energetic
specimen of rather coarse realism, now so damaged that one can hardly ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... or Pepper-grinder, originally painted as a grocer's sign; it is an energetic
specimen of rather coarse realism, now much damaged. ..."
3. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1890)
"formal, andis as unmeaning as a pepper-grinder without pepper, or the jack of
Scriblerus with nothing to roast. Or, in the absence of metaphysics, ..."
4. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"-ta=colori, M. : paint-mill, -tamento, M. : pounding (stamping, bruising), -ta =
pepe, м. : pepper-grinder ; dunce (blockhead)f ..."
5. Ye Gentlewoman's Housewifery: Containing a Scarce, Curious, Valuable by Margaret Huntington Hooker (1896)
"... Silver Spoon 12 Bain Marie 13 Trammel and Kettle 14 Knife and Fork 15 Tin
Baker 16 Piggin 17 Colander 18 Grey Stone Jar 19 pepper grinder 21 Frying Pan ..."
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