Meanings
adjectivepepper-and-salt (comparative more pepper-and-salt, superlative most pepper-and-salt)
comparative more pepper-and-salt · superlative most pepper-and-salt
- alternativeAlternative form of salt-and-pepper.
She paused on the cleanest of steps; a lad in pepper-and-salt livery opened the door; and she entered the hall and an atmosphere of most savoury soup, where she seemed likely to remain...
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 127
nounpepper-and-salt (uncountable)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of harbinger-of-spring (“Erigenia bulbosa”).
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