gherkins

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Note: Do not substitute dill or sour pickles for the gherkins which are smaller and sweeter.

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  • Plates of cold meats, pickles, gherkins, breads of various kinds, a chocolate gateaux, were all spread around it. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • He opened a drawer in his desk and drew out what looked bizarrely like a jar of gherkins. —  Come To Grief
  • The crates were nearly always stenciled Crosse & Blackwell's pickled gherkins. —  The Life of the World to Come
  • In the postage-stamp-sized fridge, find half a two-day-old pizza, garlic sausage, pumpernickel bread, gherkins, —  The mission song
  • Note: Do not substitute dill or sour pickles for the gherkins which are smaller and sweeter. —  Blog Appetit
 

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