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

Czechia’s chlebíčky: A slice of baguette with potato salad, ham, Emmental, tomato and gherkin.

From BBC • May 10, 2023

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

Served with cheesy Moldovan lazy flatbreads and beet and gherkin salad, this food is pretty extraordinary.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2015

When it is matured, it is of either a red or a yellow tint, and is somewhat like a very rough gherkin.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin