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Pea-souper

//ˈpiːˌsuːpə// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dense, yellowish fog, often mixed with smoke; a pea-soup fog, a smog. British, Canada, informal

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

  2. 2
    a heavy thick yellow fog wordnet
  3. 3
    A French-Canadian person, especially a Francophone from the province of Québec. Canada, derogatory, slang

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

Etymology

From pea soup + -er (suffix meaning ‘person or thing connected with’); * (dense, yellowish fog”): from the appearance of the fog * (French-Canadian person): may be from the prevalence of pea soup in French cuisine: compare pea soup (“(slang, derogatory) French person”).

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