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pea soup

noun

: a thick soup made of boiled dried peas

—used to describe heavy and thick fog

Full Definition of PEA SOUP

1
:  a thick purée made of dried peas
2
:  a thick fog
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First Known Use of PEA SOUP

1711

Rhymes with PEA SOUP

age-group, blood group, closed loop, duck soup, ground loop, in-group, newsgroup, out-group, playgroup, recoup, regroup, subgroup, T-group, toe loop, war whoop

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