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peppercorny en · ADJ

Etymology

From peppercorn + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or full of peppercorns.
   • Mr. Pumblechook's premises in the High-street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a corn-chandler and seedsman should be. 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:
   • If the clove-like sweetness of this dried berry seems familiar, that's because it's allspice—albeit more dusty and peppercorny than what you get in the States. 2013, Eric Werner, Mya Henry, Hartwood: Bright, Wild Flavors from the Edge of the Yucatán, page 48:

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