Pepper-and-Salt.

A light grey colour, especially applied to cloth for dresses.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Pentateuch
Pentecost (Greek, pentecostê, fiftieth)
Penthesilea
Penthouse
Pentreath (Dolly)
Peony (The)
People
People’s Charter (The)
Pepper
Pepper Gate
Pepper-and-Salt
Peppercorn Rent (A)
Peppy Bap
Per Saltum (Latin)
Perceforest (King)
Perceval (Sir)
Percinet
Percy [pierce-eye]
Perdita
Perdrix, toujours Perdrix
Père Duchêne