Read full poem →Pope to the closet steps aside with Rowe.
Poor Umbra, left in this abandon'd pickle,
E'en sits him down, and writes to honest Tickell.
Dictionary Entry
A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
In a Sentence
“A pickle goes well with a hamburger.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. picklerelish picklejar picklefactory pickleliquor picklepickle peregrinepickle dillpickle sweet
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Poetry examples for “pickle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →“Why, there are several ways of managing. The most of us starve: some put
up with the pickle: for my part I purchase my spirits vivente corpore, in
which case I find they keep very well.”
Read full poem →Into a cider press's gripe; 130
And a moving away of pickle-tub-boards,
And a leaving ajar of conserve-cupboards,
Read full poem →and besides, there was no sure way of not getting stuck with a baby
and then you'd really be in a pickle.
Read full poem →a bit. They had stiff, leathery, purple-black skin and they smelt like
old pickle jars.