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pepper-pot
noun 1verb 1
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3VERB + PEPPER-POT
prefer
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than
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rather
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noun
1
Alternative form of pepper pot.
verb
1
To intersperse privately-owned houses and social housing.
In a government office not so long ago, we read an understandable petition from Europeans asking that these 'pepper-potted' people be removed, or they were going to move.
Although these would be of a maximum of 12 houses, he would prefer to pepper-pot rather than create the risk of "mini ghettos".
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In a government office not so long ago, we read an understandable petition from Europeans asking that these 'pepper-potted' people be removed, or they were going to move.
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Although these would be of a maximum of 12 houses, he would prefer to pepper-pot rather than create the risk of "mini ghettos".
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Residential surveyors also say pepper-potting reduces the marketability of a house.
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