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- This has to do with the liberal use of Sichuan pepper, which has small black hot seeds in a deep red leathery shell that has a numbing effect on the palate.
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Salt and Pepper: Somewhat inverted, as Cloak is withdrawn and straitlaced, with Dagger being the one to get him out of his shell.
Source: Comicbook / Cloak & Dagger - The Squadron fires a pepper shell at Yankee Doodle Pigeon who sneezes but outwits the missile by hiding in his satchel.
Source: Sneeze of Doom
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Shell and Pepper. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pepper/shell
Pepper & Shell. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pepper/shell>.
Shell or Pepper. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pepper/shell.
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