A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
1 Only put no Church nor State into it, nor upset any other pepper box that way.
2 With a flourish he grabbed the little pepper box to suit the action to the words, and nothing came out.
3 And just now, a small silver book, a pepper box with silver top, and some muslin work have arrived from Birmingham.-Evening
4 Two glass salt cellars, a mustard pot, a vinegar cruet, and a pepper box , also 4s., 4d., 4d., 4d., 4d., 2s.
5 2l., 2s., 1s., 6d., 6d., 6d., 5s., 2s., also two candlesticks, a pepper box , and a handkerchief.
6 "Very imprudent of me, but I hope he will sneeze his handsome nose off," she said, giving the pepper box another shake.
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