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/ˈpiːˌsuːpə/ · noun
(British, Canada, informal) A dense, yellowish fog, often mixed with smoke; a pea-soup fog, a smog..
A man bumped into a lamp post during a pea-souper; he immediately apologised to it, not realising what it was.
I can hear the bell on the buoy, but I can’t see anything in this pea-souper.
The dust surrounded us like a London pea-souper.
Those pea-soupers are the worst drivers on the road!
Use pea-souper when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pea-souper means (British, Canada, informal) A dense, yellowish fog, often mixed with smoke; a pea-soup fog, a smog..
Common synonyms include pea soup fog, pea-soup fog, peasoup fog, pea soup.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A man bumped into a lamp post during a pea-souper; he immediately apologised to it, not realising what it was.
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