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Definition of Pepperer
1. n. A grocer; -- formerly so called because he sold pepper.
Definition of Pepperer
1. Noun. (obsolete) A grocer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pepperer
1. one that peppers [n -S] - See also: peppers
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pepperer
Literary usage of Pepperer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Survey of London by John Stow (1908)
"... pepperer. 1232. The xvii. Henry de Edmonton? Gerard Bat. ... pepperer. 1233.
The xviii. Simon Fitz Mary, Roger Blunt? ..."
2. Calendar of Letter-books Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of by City of London (England), Reginald Robinson Sharpe (1907)
"... and his successors an annual rent of 6 marks charged on certain tenements (sometime
held by Andrew Aubrey, pepperer) in the parish of St. Thomas ..."
3. Some Account of the Citizens of London & Their Rulers, from 1060-1867 by Benjamin Brogden Orridge (1867)
"... pepperer 1232 The same (*) , 1233 The same 1234 The same 1235 The same 1236
The same 1237 The same; Richard Renger for part of the year 1238 Richard ..."
4. The Aldermen of the City of London, Temp. Henry III.-1908: With Notes on the by Alfred Beaven Beaven (1908)
"pepperer . Adam Stable, Mercer John ... pepperer Afterward« Alderman of Bridge.
... pepperer 1890, inclusive» From Bridge. Mar. ..."
5. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"With an alacrity that seemed no less referable to the pepperer fact than to the
supper fact, Bob obeyed, and his boots were heard descending towards the bed ..."
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