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peasouper Slang, Derog.

• n. a French-speaking descendant of the settlers of New France or Acadia; a Canadian of French ancestry.

  See also: peasoup  

  • 1962  And then we can highstick those peasoupers.
  • 1966  . . . their [French Canadians'] waspish counterparts in Quebec always refer to "pea-soupers" or "Joes." The word "Frog" in that connection went out of fashion 50 years ago.