pepper shaker
noun
: a container with a perforated top for sprinkling pepper
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web At the end of it, Corbin Carroll, Alek Thomas and Daulton Varsho met in center field, placed their gloves on their heads, put their hands in the middle and twisted their wrists as if grinding a pepper shaker. 
Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2022 In the ashes of her home, only a few items remained intact: a stack of buttons, a salt and pepper shaker, some coins, a horseshoe, a towel rack. Christina Maxouris, CNN, 8 Jan. 2022 Caribou graze at sunset at the Point Riche lighthouse, a pepper shaker-like structure that has been guiding ships through the area since the late 1800s. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2021 For a base pay of $3.60 an hour, Pearson, the Bob Evans waitress, has had to sanitize every single ketchup bottle and salt and pepper shaker after each diner walks out. Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 29 June 2021 Several items that may have been on the table, like salt and pepper shakers, will now be available on demand. Jill K. Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2020 There won't be salt and pepper shakers on the table, there won't be the live entertainment. Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 28 May 2020 At one Houston restaurant that reopened recently following the coronavirus lockdown, the salt and pepper shakers were replaced with complimentary bottles of hand sanitizer. NBC News, 14 May 2020 Guests won't find any silverware or salt and pepper shakers at their tables, all menus are disposable, and menu items will change often. Natalia E. Contreras, Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2020 See More
Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2022 In the ashes of her home, only a few items remained intact: a stack of buttons, a salt and pepper shaker, some coins, a horseshoe, a towel rack. Christina Maxouris, CNN, 8 Jan. 2022 Caribou graze at sunset at the Point Riche lighthouse, a pepper shaker-like structure that has been guiding ships through the area since the late 1800s. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2021 For a base pay of $3.60 an hour, Pearson, the Bob Evans waitress, has had to sanitize every single ketchup bottle and salt and pepper shaker after each diner walks out. Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 29 June 2021 Several items that may have been on the table, like salt and pepper shakers, will now be available on demand. Jill K. Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2020 There won't be salt and pepper shakers on the table, there won't be the live entertainment. Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 28 May 2020 At one Houston restaurant that reopened recently following the coronavirus lockdown, the salt and pepper shakers were replaced with complimentary bottles of hand sanitizer. NBC News, 14 May 2020 Guests won't find any silverware or salt and pepper shakers at their tables, all menus are disposable, and menu items will change often. Natalia E. Contreras, Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above