pepper bush

pepper bush
 n.— «Mr. Taylor was believed to have had deepened economic relations with the company and publicly referred to it as his “pepper bush,” a Liberian term for something so dear to oneself.» —“Taylor’s ‘Buddy’ Arrested in Holland Faces War Crimes Charges” by Moses M. Zangar, Jr. The News (Monrovia, Liberia) Mar. 21, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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