单词 | pepper-pot |
释义 | pepper-potv. Originally New Zealand. transitive. To intersperse the housing of (a racial or social group) in an urban area predominantly occupied by another group; to intersperse (housing) in this way. In early use (New Zealand) with reference to Maoris. Also (occasionally) intransitive. Cf. pepperpotting n. ΚΠ 1974 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 3 142 The New Zealand government..has a deliberate policy of ‘pepper-potting’ racial groups. 1980 New S. Wales Parl. Papers (1981) 3rd Sess. IV. 1749 What is the policy of the Housing Commission—does it pepperpot? 1988 Dominion Sunday Times (Wellington) 27 June 10 Other Maori people are ‘pepper potted’ through the structures, diluting their voice. 2001 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 30 June 47 The social housing will be ‘pepper-potted’; there'll be no more than 15 such homes in a block. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1974 |
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