pea-souper

plural pea-soupers · alternative peasouper · alternative pea souper

1. CanadaUKinformalA dense, yellowish fog, often mixed with smoke; a pea-soup fog, a smog.

   I can hear the bell on the buoy, but I can’t see anything in this pea-souper.

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   A man bumped into a lamp post during a pea-souper; he immediately apologised to it, not realising what it was.

   The dust surrounded us like a London pea-souper.

   2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 35, in Small Island, London: Review, page 346

   Synonyms: pea soup fog, pea-soup fog, peasoup fog

2. CanadaderogatoryslangA French-Canadian person, especially a Francophone from the province of Québec.

   Those pea-soupers are the worst drivers on the road!