dill pickle
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dill pickle
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Then I remembered a Green Goddess recipe I’d made years ago that called for a generous splash of dill pickle brine.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
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
Then you remember last Wednesday when you let your kindergartner have a dill pickle for breakfast because it was 8:35 a.m. and Why doesn’t anyone have shoes on?!
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023
Sweet Man, the youngest, crawled along the living room floor, sucking on a fat dill pickle.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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