• Pepper-pot

    Full definition of pepper-pot

    Noun

    pepper-pot

    (plural pepper-pots)
    1. Alternative form of pepper pot

    Verb

    1. (UK, NZ) To intersperse privately-owned houses and social housing.
      • 1982, Hans Mol, The fixed and the fickle: religion and identity in New Zealand (page 70)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.
      • 1997, Institute of Housing (Great Britain), Housing (volume 33, page 22)Although these would be of a maximum of 12 houses, he would prefer to pepper-pot rather than create the risk of "mini ghettos".
      • 2008, Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods (page 222)Residential surveyors also say pepper-potting reduces the marketability of a house.
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