Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who deals in pepper; hence, a grocer.
- noun A person of a hot, peppery temper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
grocer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yes, that's what they sing about the "pepperer" -- thus they make game of the poor bachelor and his nightcap, and turn it into ridicule, just because they know very little about either.
What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Alfred Walter Bayes 1840
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‘I’m sure I would, if I was obstinate; but I am a pepperer, which is different.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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Miss Potterson, rubbing her vexed nose; 'I'm sure I would, if I was obstinate; but I am a pepperer, which is different.
Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841
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Steenies, the fawning solicitor of Spanish marriages, the "pepperer" and hangman of Puritans, the butt and dupe of Gondemar and Spinola.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1614-17 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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It is difficult, in the man conversing thus amicably and sensibly with the Dutch ambassador, to realise the shrill pedant shrieking against Vorstius, the crapulous comrade of Carrs and Steenies, the fawning solicitor of Spanish marriages, the "pepperer" and hangman of
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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It is difficult, in the man conversing thus amicably and sensibly with the Dutch ambassador, to realise the shrill pedant shrieking against Vorstius, the crapulous comrade of Carrs and Steenies, the fawning solicitor of Spanish marriages, the "pepperer" and hangman of
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1614-23) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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It is difficult, in the man conversing thus amicably and sensibly with the Dutch ambassador, to realise the shrill pedant shrieking against Vorstius, the crapulous comrade of Carrs and Steenies, the fawning solicitor of Spanish marriages, the "pepperer" and hangman of
Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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I never was within 30 yards of the pepperer, but I've had the shot, you know, come down.
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With an alacrity that seemed no less referable to the pepperer fact than to the supper fact, Bob obeyed, and his boots were heard descending towards the bed of the river.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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The Secretary, I suppose, was helping him about it to-day; I believe it will be a pepperer.
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