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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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Etymology

Origin of dill pickle

First recorded in 1900–05

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Prepare the Salad: In a large bowl, combine the shredded rotisserie chicken, chopped green onion, and dill pickle.

From Salon Mar. 27, 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

Not to be outshined, Clancy's wavy potato chips are also getting the dill pickle treatment, but with the addition of creamy ranch to balance the cukes' signature tang.

From Salon Jan. 28, 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

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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