| 单词 | wally-wally |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswally-wally A (usually large) pickled cucumber; a gherkin. Also (and in earliest use) reduplicated as wally-wally. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > fruits as vegetables > [noun] > cucumber > types of gherkin1661 horse-cucumber1707 ridge cucumber1830 cornichon1837 wally1892 1892 W. H. Wilkins Alien Invasion iii. 46 The dried pickled cucumber is known as ‘Wally-Wally’. 1902 W. A. Locks East London Antiq. 180/1 The Sunday fair consists principally of articles of food, which have a secondhand, dilapidated look, and mainly consist of fried fish, wally wallies, Dutch herrings, saur kraut [sic] and hokey pokey. 1928 Bath Chron. 4 Aug. 25/6 A reference had been made at Tuesday's meeting..to ‘Wallys’, small cucumbers. 1975 V. Lynn Vocal Refrain ii. 27 It was wonderful to stop on the way for fish and chips and what we used to call wally-wallies, which were big dill pickles. 1986 Egon Ronay's Cellnet Guide 1987 227 Fish here is a real treat. The batter is crisp, the chips marvellous and the wallies a mouthful. 2001 W. Self in Independent (Nexis) 6 June 7 I went to the chip shop during break time and had a wally and chips. < as lemmas |
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