Pepper-box


[pep-er-boks] /ˈpɛp ərˌbɒks/

noun
1.
a small with perforations in the top, for sprinkling .
n.

1540s, from pepper (n.) + box (n.1). Meaning “hot-tempered person” is from 1867.

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