Meaning of dill pickle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A cucumber pickled in brine or vinegar flavored with dill and other seasonings.
2. A foolish person.
   US, dated, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Shortribs Enlivens Court Proceedings by Calling Beany a “Dill Pickle””

“Wasn't I the big dill-pickle to stake 'em to a Greek revolution.”

“"Ah—" he exclaimed angrily, "somebody tell me why I don't quit you, you big dill pickle!"”

“One famous American company employs such “dill pickles” only in their purchasing division.”

“He’d make a spanking fine husband, but Anna’s no dill pickle. She knows marriage means obedience.”

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