sour pickle

Example Sentences

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At lunch, the forces of good and evil collide when Harvey creates mean Emperor Pickletine from a sour pickle and Dwight makes Fruitigami Yoda from a Fruit Roll-Up.

From Washington Post

Special, self-denying three-cent meals, consisting of a ball of rice the size of a grapefruit with a sour pickle imbedded in the centre, were eaten throughout the nation.

From Time Magazine Archive

And he looked down, picking out a soft spot to fall on, but, oh, dear me, and a sour pickle!

From Buddy and Brighteyes Pigg Bed Time Stories by Garis, Howard Roger

Each girl was presented with at least half a big sour pickle from Heavy’s store; but really, the pickles had nothing to do with the initiation of the neophytes.

From Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans by Emerson, Alice B.

"I'm afraid he's got into a pretty sour pickle."

From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell