Pepper : not. arg. (or pepper). Drunkard, drunkard. This woman is a real pepper.
Is it the custom, in force in the 1837th century, of flavoring wine with pepper, or the slang qualifier of pepper applied to brandy (attested in XNUMX) that are at the origin of the word poivrot ? A drunkard is a "drunkard, a person who has a habit of drinking excessively."
It is then said that it is peppered. Still, the nose is particularly sensitive to the effects of alcohol, such as those of pepper.
In Canada, a major campaign against drinking and driving started in 1994, was called “Red Nose”.
In recent years, “Red Nose” operations and foundations have been launched in many countries after the lowering
drastic reduction of the minimum blood alcohol level and to prevent traffic accidents caused by excess alcohol.