pickle : Idioms & Phrases
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bread and butter pickle
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noun thinly sliced sweet pickles
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dill pickle
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noun pickle preserved in brine or vinegar flavored with dill seed
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pickle barrel
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noun a barrel holding vinegar in which cucumbers are pickled
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pickle relish
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noun relish of chopped (usually sweet) pickles
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pickle-herring
Pic"kle-her"ring noun
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A herring preserved in brine; a pickled herring. Obs. Shak. -
A merry-andrew; a buffoon. Obs. Addison.
Webster 1913
pickled herring
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noun herring preserved in a pickling liquid (usually brine or vinegar)
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sweet pickle
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noun pickle cured in brine and preserved in sugar and vinegar
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Tan pickle
- the liquor used in tanning leather.
Webster 1913
To be in a pickle
- to be in disagreeable position; to be in a condition of embarrassment, difficulty, or disorder. "How cam'st thou in this pickle?" Shak.
Webster 1913
To put a rod in pickle
- to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application.
