dill pickle

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Etymology

From dill +‎ pickle.

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Noun

dill pickle (plural dill pickles)

  1. A cucumber pickled in brine or vinegar flavored with dill and other seasonings.
  2. (slang, US, dated) A foolish person.
    • 1977 [c. 1908], Harry Conway Fisher, edited by Bill Blackbeard, A. Mutt, a Complete Compilation, 1907-1908, page 47:
      Shortribs Enlivens Court Proceedings by Calling Beany a “Dill Pickle”
    • 2010 [1918], Robert W. Chambers, The Laughing Girl, page 278:
      Wasn't I the big dill-pickle to stake 'em to a Greek revolution.
    • 2012 [1917], Robert W. Chambers, The Dark Star, page 96:
      "Ah—" he exclaimed angrily, "somebody tell me why I don't quit you, you big dill pickle!"
    • 2015, Ján Košturiak, Everyday Reflections, page 20:
      One famous American company employs such “dill pickles” only in their purchasing division.
    • 2017 November 13, Jennifer Kincheloe, “Jupiter! Why I Love 1900s Slang”, in Criminal Element‎:
      He’d make a spanking fine husband, but Anna’s no dill pickle. She knows marriage means obedience.

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