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gherkin /ˈɡəːkɪn /nounA small variety of cucumber, or a young green cucumber used for pickling: [mass noun]: pâté with sliced egg and gherkin...- That was a thick baguette, holed out and stuffed with ham, cheese, gherkins, parsley, cream cheese and boiled eggs, all chopped up.
- Serve with salad, gherkins and cold sliced cured meats and ham.
- Fresh cucumbers and gherkins, canned vegetables, and sunflower oil, exported within the fixed quotas, are exempt from custom duties.
Origin Early 17th century: from Dutch augurkje, gurkje, diminutive of augurk, gurk, from Slavic, based on medieval Greek angourion 'cucumber'. Rhymes firkin, jerkin, merkin, Perkin |