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

No, mom, I got orders not to take in s’much as a sour pickle 148 from nobody.

From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto

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

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

From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell