pea-soup

pea soup

noun
1.
a thick soup made from split peas.
2.
Informal. a dense, yellow fog.

Origin:
1705–15

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pea soup

noun
1. a thick soup made of dried peas (usually made into a puree) 
2. a heavy thick yellow fog 
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Pea-soup is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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