Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A container with small holes in the top for sprinkling ground pepper.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of pepper shaker.

Etymologies

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pepper +‎ shaker

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  • Bozo, however, often overuses commas and makes a page look as though an upended peppershaker spilled all over the text.

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