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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If you’ve ever yearned for your living space to smell like buttery movie theater popcorn or dill pickle juice, Bath & Body Works has you covered.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2025
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
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
She sat an empty dill pickle jar on the table next to her savings chart.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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