Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condiment made by steeping red peppers in vinegar.
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Examples
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Whiskey and alcohol's bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and pepper-sauce and -
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Whiskey and alcohol's bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and pepper-sauce and "—" Dump it in.
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Though I do recommend that in constructing the punch, one trade the pepper-sauce for a nice bottle of bubbly.
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In "To the Man on Trail," the Malemute Kid is making a formidable Christmas punch with anything and everything at hand in a humble snowbound cabin -- even "pepper-sauce."
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Chili vinegar or pepper-sauce; which is done by simply putting a handful of the pods in a bottle, afterwards filled with the best vinegar, and stopping it closely.
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I have drank, on the closing days of a spree, one gallon of whisky within the duration of twenty-four hours, and when I could not get whisky, I would drink alcohol, vinegar, camphor, liniment, pepper-sauce -- in short, anything that would have a tendency to heat my stomach.
Fifteen Years in Hell Luther Benson
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I had supposed to contain pepper-sauce, and commenced pouring out WINE.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Various
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In these days, they export no oysters, but in lieu thereof give us plenty of pepper-sauce.
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To the _enchiladas_, large tortillas red with pepper-sauce and generously filled with onions, and the smaller tortillas covered with scraps of meat and boiled egg which we bought of the old women and boys that flocked about the train, he added a liter of pulque.
Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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Whiskey and alcohol 's bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and pepper-sauce and --
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