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单词 pepperpotting
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pepperpottingn.

Brit. /ˈpɛpəˌpɒtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛpərˌpɑdɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈpepəˌpɒdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pepperpot n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < pepperpot n. + -ing suffix1, likening the policy to sprinkling pepper on food.
Originally New Zealand.
The interspersing of housing for one type of occupant in an urban area that predominantly contains housing for another type. Esp. in early use: (New Zealand) the policy of interspersing state-financed homes for Maori tenants in a predominantly non-Maori area.
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1960 Rep. Dept. Maori Affairs (1961) 41 The ‘pepper-potting’ policy of dispersing Maori houses amongst European houses to promote closer integration.
1971 Housing in N.Z. 204 [Maori and Island Affairs Department's] houses for sale are intended to be dispersed singly or in groups of two or three throughout cities and towns, according to a practice known in the jargon of housing administrators as pepper-potting.
1986 A. Ravetz Govt. of Space iv. 96 The government did all it could to encourage ‘pepperpotting’.
1999 Evening Standard (Nexis) 8 Sept. 8 Pepperpotting could be a way not just of eliminating ghetto estates, but of providing the affordable property for single-income first-time buyers so badly needed in London.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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