Example Sentences

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But things are finally starting to take a turn — or a backspin, as a pickler might say.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Living just 12 nautical miles away from the blast site, everyone from the herring pickler to the inn chef sees skies and waters filled with foreboding.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Kosher Dills: Cucumbers can be challenging for the beginning pickler, as they're not as dense or firm as some of the other vegetable candidates.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2022

The book spans generations, beginning with quirky Ottokar, a pickler from Znojmo, Moravia, “the gherkin capital of the Habsburg Empire.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2016

"It is a question of the Future of the World," said Zussmann gravely, as he shared out the herring, which had already been cut into many thin slices by the vendor and pickler.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel