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pea soup
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pea soup
(noun)
pea soup
noun
pea soup
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PEA SOUP
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1
:
a thick soup made of boiled dried peas
2
informal
—
used to describe heavy and thick fog
fog as thick as
pea soup
=
pea-soup
fog
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