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

One of the gherkins seems to be bending over to inspect one particular slice of processed meat while a smaller gherkin, presumably a child, stands by, apparenly bored.

From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2012

"Not much of a yarn certainly," replied the stranger, holding his bottle up to the light while he speared a gherkin with his knife.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph