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dill pickle

American  

noun

dill pickles plural
  1. a cucumber pickle flavored with dill.


dill pickle British  

noun

  1. a pickled cucumber flavoured with dill

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of dill pickle

First recorded in 1900–05

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My sister, whose taste I trust more than my own for most things, prefers the dill pickle route for this recipe.

From Salon • May 9, 2024

Q: When I spent a winter in Arizona, I learned from an older woman to eat a dill pickle every day.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

The slender book features recipes for dill pickle dip and cream cheese pickles and other concoctions so intuitive they do not seem to require instruction.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2022

A pickle craze is sweeping the nation, with dill pickle toppings and seasonings in such high demand that they're appearing on popcorn, chewing gum, seeds and nuts.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2022

I wanted to get my favorite things, a peppermint stick and a dill pickle.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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