pepperbox [pep-er-boks] ExamplesWord Origin noun
Origin of pepperbox First recorded in 1540–50; pepper + box1 Also called pepper pot. Examples from the Web for pepper-box Historical Examples of pepper-box
She had her book upside down, putting the holes in the lid of the pepper-box.
George Madden Martin
In the result one might be pardoned for some uncertainty as to which was coffee-pot and which pepper-box.
George Madden Martin
I suspect I should be the goose and she the pepper-box;—but we never could shape that course.
Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
“It—it looks like a—a pepper-box,” replied Rose, with some hesitation.
Jeff Benson, or the Young Coastguardsman
R.M. Ballantyne
Hang the pepper-box to his nose, nurse, then he will be a cruet.
Funny Stories Told By The Soldiers
Carleton B. Case
Word Origin and History for pepper-box n.
1540s, from pepper (n.) + box (n.1). Meaning “hot-tempered person” is from 1867.