Two of them, both male, were almost beside themselves with the joyous adventure of getting home through London in a real pea-souper. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
As soon as an obstacle looms up, telegraph poles, trees or rising ground, I have to pull on the joystick and instantly run into an impenetrable pea-souper. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
Surrounded by red brick houses, topped off by the gray sky, with leftover fog from a pea-souper, which had virtually imprisoned us in the flat for a couple of days. From Wordnik.com. [One For The Table: Tracy Tynan on Flapjacks - The British Madeline] Reference
But the messenger sent from heaven to fetch him up gets lost in a pea-souper over the channel. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
But even those who took the warning seriously hadn't bargained for the pea-souper that descended late. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Dense fog engulfs capital, hits air, rail services again] Reference
I had this small fear that it was really early, very foggy (a real pea-souper!) and the vision wasn't great!. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
Two ships passing in a pea-souper at night, foghorns blasting to ensure a safe distance, but each desperately wanting to appreciate the existence of the other. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
It transpired that in pea-souper conditions, jockey Sylvester "Sly" Carmouche simply dropped out of the mile-long race while lost from view before rejoining the field as they came round again. From Wordnik.com. Reference
I was walking home from work the other day through a proper London pea-souper †"almost completely surrounded by fog as I marched over Tower Bridge in eerie darkness â€" and this fantastic song by Casino Versus Japan came on my iPod. From Wordnik.com. [The White Noise Revisited] Reference
The pea-souper fogs that once defined our capital city have long vanished, the last straw being the so-called Great Smog of 1952, when a thick cloud of pollution settled over London and penetrated deep into its inhabitants 'lungs for five days. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news] Reference
Britain may have spawned the Swinging Sixties, punk, Cool Britannia and numerous hot designers in the past 50 years, but for many Chinese, it's still a place where Oliver Twist is stumbling through a pea-souper, and horsedrawn carriages clatter along the cobbles. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
We've mentioned the starring role weather had during the November Tests, from Morne Steyn's repeated insistence that the he could replicate his highveld brilliance in a Dublin pea-souper, to Wales's bizarre decision to hand Australia a dry track by closing the roof of the Millennium Stadium - despite having seen the tourists come completely unstuck at blustery Murrayfield. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Rugby | Rugby Union News] Reference
He sighs, before penguining off into another investigational pea-souper. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
I can find one blindfold in a pea-souper with both hands tied behind me.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Unpleasantness At The Belladonna Club]
Cor blimey, Mary Poppins it's a right pea-souper! ". From Wordnik.com. [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference
A dry ice pea-souper lifts across the set. From Wordnik.com. [The Satanic Verses]
"A regular pea-souper, by Jove," said Lord Peter. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Body]
The weather was just a pea-souper. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"pea-souper.". From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
"This is a real pea-souper.". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Atomic Earth Blaster]
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