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"pea-souper" Definitions
  1. a very thick yellow-grey fog

8 Sentences With "pea souper"

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But the Great Smog or Big Smoke, as this 1952 pea-souper was also known, was unprecedented.
It was more than just a "real pea-souper;" it was poisonous and reduced visibility to dangerous levels.
Annual deaths linked to air pollution in Britain as a whole now rival the death toll in the early 1950s, when "pea souper" fogs caused by coal fires shrouded the capital for weeks.
Coal powered Britain into the industrial age and into the 21st century, contributing greatly to the "pea souper" fogs that were thought for decades to be a natural phenomenon of the British climate.
It wasn't a real pea-souper—vapor doesn't have the conviction to linger thick in the air like smoke does—but it was enough to make me think my glasses were a bit dirty.
Muench, David (December 1993) "Wisconsin Community Slogans: Their Use and Local Impacts" University of Wisconsin - Extension Retrieved April 10, 2007. Titles and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" are also believed to have economic value. Their economic value is difficult to measure, but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by "branding" themselves by adopting new slogans.Andia, Alfredo (September 10, 2007) "Branding the Generic City" , MU.DOT magazine By contrast, older city nicknames may be critical: London is still occasionally referred to as "The Smoke" in memory of its notorious "pea-souper" smogs (smoke-filled fogs) of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and Edinburgh was "Auld Reekie" for the same reason, as countless coal fires polluted its atmosphere.
Piccadilly Circus during the Great Smog of London, 1952 Pea soup fog (also known as a pea souper, black fog or killer fog) is a very thick and often yellowish, greenish or blackish fog caused by air pollution that contains soot particulates and the poisonous gas sulphur dioxide. This very thick smog occurs in cities and is derived from the smoke given off by the burning of soft coal for home heating and in industrial processes. Smog of this intensity is often lethal to vulnerable people such as the elderly, the very young and those with respiratory problems. The result of these phenomena was commonly known as a London particular or London fog; in a reversal of the idiom, "London particular" became the name for a thick pea and ham soup.
1459 miles, divided into 10 racing stages and one slow cruise; flat calm seas under blazing skies, a thick pea-souper fog, and a rough coastal run; 42 assorted boats ranging in power from 100 hp to 1,000 hp. The most outstanding feature of this marathon race was undoubtedly the freak weather, it was called by most participants, for the first 700 miles to Oban the conditions were as near perfect as they could be, and the fog on the Inverness-Dundee run, and the rough seas of the Dundee-Whitby leg were greeted almost with glee. Avenger Too, crewed by Timo Mäkinen, Pascoe Watson and Brian Hendicott, the Round Britain race was a success story from start to finish. They won the first leg to Falmouth and the second leg to Milford Haven; on the run to Douglas they were third, but still retained their overall lead.

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