gherkin

Example Sentences

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The gherkins “symbolized for me the last thing you have in your cupboards when you run out of everything. It starts from the last gherkin jar, and from there it all goes south.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

On the box, the burgers - made from fava bean and pea protein - are described as "succulent and tangy" and "with an American style mustard and gherkin melt".

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

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

One day, Sean announced that he was making me gherkin soup for tea and I assumed he'd gone back to his weird culinary ways.

From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2013

What the devil's the use of "h" in gherkin, I'd like to know.

From Mark Twain's Speeches by Twain, Mark