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

I always said of Will he could bleed a sour pickle.

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie

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

If you add vinegar to cucumber before the oil some of the slices will taste like sour pickle, as the vinegar soaks into the cucumber.

From Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by Payne, A. G.