Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A container with small holes in the top for sprinkling ground pepper. Also called pepperbox, pepper pot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Alternative spelling of pepper shaker.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
Etymologies
pepper + shaker (Wiktionary)
Examples
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Bozo, however, often overuses commas and makes a page look as though an upended peppershaker spilled all over the text.
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