dill pickle
Americannoun
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dill pickles
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dill pickle
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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One trend centered on the “chamoy pickle”—a hollowed-out jumbo dill pickle typically filled with spicy chips or sour candy, coated with the Mexican condiment chamoy and wrapped in a Fruit Roll-Up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
It’s topped with seasoned ground beef, melty American cheese, shredded iceberg lettuce, sliced onions, housemade dill pickle chips and parallel lines of “special sauce.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022
The popularity of the dill pickle – which many in the U.S. consider "the" preeminent pickled fruit or vegetable – is attributed to two sources.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022
I added hard-boiled eggs and apples and dill pickle slices.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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