pepperette

noun4

1. •
   A snack product made of meat spiced with hot pepper

   • Out of the case, the meat case across the back of the store which had pepperettes, bologna, cold cuts, cheeses, steaks, chops, hams, all sorts of items. — 1968
2. •
   A mild small red capsicum.

   • Gently fry the tomatoes in olive oil and put the pepperette in whole. — 2002
3. •
   A small receptacle with a perforated top used for dispensing pepper or similar spices.

   • The idea is also applied to spices, such as ginger, mace, cinnamon, nutmeg, mixed spice, &c., a household box of pepperettes, containing six assorted spices of the best quality, costing 1s. 3d. — 1892
4. •
   An adulterant added to ground peppercorns, made from ground olive pits.

   • The chief adulterants of pepper are: excess of mineral matter (sand, etc.) starch (chiefly rice), long pepper, added husk, and ground olive stones or pepperette or poivrette. — 2015