Definition of Pickle

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Pickle

See Picle.

A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.

Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.

Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.

A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their color.

A troublesome child; as, a little pickle.

To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.

To give an antique appearance to; -- said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.

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Pickle Quotations

Hunger is the best pickle.
Benjamin Franklin

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.
Ambrose Bierce

The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that it's National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.
Barney Frank

He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth

What I love is a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. I'll just have peanut butter and bananas, then peanut butter and pickles. Peanut butter and chocolate I don't recommend.
Dianne Wiest

I don't want a pickle, just want to ride on my motorsickle.
Arlo Guthrie

Pickle Translations

pickle in Dutch is pekelen, inleggen, zouten, inmaken
pickle in German is Essiggurke

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