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Pickle   /pˈɪkəl/   Listen
noun
Pickle  n.  (Obs.) See Picle.


Pickle  n.  
1.
(a)
A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine.
(b)
Vinegar, plain or spiced, used for preserving vegetables, fish, eggs, oysters, etc.
2.
Any article of food which has been preserved in brine or in vinegar.
3.
(Founding) 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.
4.
A troublesome child; as, a little pickle. (Colloq.)
To be in a pickle, to be in disagreeable position; to be in a condition of embarrassment, difficulty, or disorder. "How cam'st thou in this pickle?"
To put a rod in pickle, to prepare a particular reproof, punishment, or penalty for future application.


Picle  n.  (Written also pickle)  A small piece of land inclosed with a hedge; a close. (Obs.)


verb
Pickle  v. t.  (past & past part. pickled; pres. part. pickling)  
1.
To preserve or season in pickle; to treat with some kind of pickle; as, to pickle herrings or cucumbers.
2.
To give an antique appearance to; said of copies or imitations of paintings by the old masters.





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"Pickle" Quotes from Famous Books



... critics have been accusing Mr. Bernard Shaw of having committed in his 'Pygmalion,' produced in Germany the other day, a plagiarism from Smollett's novel, 'Peregrine Pickle.' Mr. Shaw denies that he has ever read the novel in question, and, in an interview in the London 'Observer,' remarks: 'The suggestion of the German papers that I had Pygmalion produced in Germany lest I should be detected ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 146., January 21, 1914 • Various
... pot that seemed as if glued to his hard fist. "Rare doings there, old one. What! thee wants to look at the fun, I warrant. Why, the rebels ha' been packed off to Lunnun long sin'; but we han had some on 'em back again; that is, thou sees, their Papist heads were sent back i' pickle into these parts, and one on 'em grins ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) • John Roby
... again as they walked home, and, indeed, her relief about her father's recovery was so great that she could not be unhappy for long about anything. They found Raeburn on the terrace with Ralph and Dolly at his heels, and the two-year-old baby, who went by the name of Pickle, on his shoulder. ...
— We Two • Edna Lyall
... pickle!" exclaimed Tom aloud. "I can't understand how he ever got here. He must have traced us after we went to Shopton in the airship the last time. Then he sneaked in here. Probably he saw me enter, but how could he knew enough to work the worm gear and close the door? ...
— Tom Swift and his Submarine Boat - or, Under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure • Victor Appleton
... kitchen window interrupted his admiration, and William, turning quickly, said, "Mind you say the train was late; don't say I kept you, or you'll get me into the devil of a pickle. This way." The door let into a wide passage covered with coconut matting. They walked a few yards; the kitchen was the first door, and the handsome room she found herself in did not conform to anything that Esther had ...
— Esther Waters • George Moore


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