gherkin
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈɡɜrkɪn/
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pepino en vinagre
- Other than me, anyway: I adore gherkins, counting them an excellent example of the class of foods which, despite being vaguely disgusting, are simultaneously delicious and impossible to stop eating.
- gherkin pickles
- sweet gherkins
- sour gherkins
Before we chop the gherkins, it's time for a quick ad break.
- Before we chop the gherkins, it's time for a quick ad break.
- Crisps, I've got lettuce, onion, olives, jalapenos, gherkins, Southwest sauce.
- Yes, it's a Vlasic case of Gherkin around an ally, and it is definitely not kosher.
Examples
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It was a bologna sandwich with mustard and some gherkins.
Fiction book (1997) -
Uh, gherkins, anyone?
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"Happen to have any sweet gherkins?" I asked.
Fiction book (1999) -
Before we chop the gherkins, it's time for a quick ad break.
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I'm craving gherkins and cheese.
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And other than feeling slightly defeated by the sheer amount of bread, salt beef, and gherkins on the plate, it was thoroughly enjoyed.
Blog text (21) -
Crisps, I've got lettuce, onion, olives, jalapenos, gherkins, Southwest sauce.
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A brownie, some milk, leftover rice pudding, beets, cabbage roll, fruit salad, sweet gherkins?
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Nathan walked from the bowl of black olives to the bowl of green olives, to the tray of cheese and crackers, and to the bowls of baby corn and tiny gherkins, thinking his thoughts and taking a sample at each stop.
Fiction book (1999) -
Would you like some gherkin slices on your burger?
Synonyms
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1.0
A vegetable like a cucumber preserved in vinegar or salty water that you eat with food
3
1.6
A cucumber that people keep in salt water or vinegar and flavor with dill
2
7.8
A small sour pickled cucumber often served with cheese or meat
How Sweet
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- US
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gherkin comes from the Dutch word augurk, which meant a small cucumber and is related to the German Gurke. That's why a gherkin is a small pickled 'cucumber'.