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Another word for pickle

Noun

  1. A difficult, often embarrassing situation or condition

    2. See also:

    easy

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Another word for pickle

Noun

  1. A preservative solution

    2. See also:

    vinegar

    brine

  2. A relish] Varieties of pickles include: cucumber, gherkin, cornichon, beet, green tomato, dill, bread-and-butter, sweet, sweet-sour, mustard, garlic, half-sour, kosher, pickled peppers, pickled beans, pickled apricots, pickled cherries, pickled peaches, pickled pears, pickled quince, pickled pineapple, pickled watermelon rind, ginger tomatoes, piccalilli, chowchow, chutney, corn relish, cranberry-orange relish, spiced currants, spiced gooseberries, beet relish, mango relish, chili sauce;

    • *A troublesome situation

      • See also:

      predicament

      predicament

      difficulty

    Another word for pickle

    Verb
      2. See also:

      preserve

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    Sentence Examples

    • Lang's Pickle, the Spy, and Life of Prince Charles).

    • This was followed in 1898 by The Companions of Pickle, and in 1900 by a monograph on Prince Charles Edward.

    • Of later origin are the jam, pickle and potted meat factories, hundreds of acres having been laid down in strawberries and other fruits within a few miles of the city.

    • Heinz Company has its main pickle plant, the largest establishment of the kind in the country.

    • He gave new information about the continental career of the Young Pretender in Pickle the Spy (1897), an account of Alastair Ruadh Macdonell, whom he identified with Pickle, a notorious Hanoverian spy.

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