pepperbox
/pep-er-boks/US // ˈpɛp ərˌbɒks //
胡椒盒,胡椒盒子,胡椒箱,辣椒盒
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a small box with perforations in the top, for sprinkling pepper.
Examples
I'd lent my pepperbox to Mose when he went to 'Frisco, an' the old man's too little fur a man uv my size to hit.
Keep away from me, or I'll fill ye fuller o' holes than a pepperbox!
Out of his coat pocket hung the curved butt of a pepperbox revolver.
For want of a better term, it has been called a Fountain, though amongst the country folk it goes by the name of the 'Pepperbox.'
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