pickler
World English Dictionary
pickle (ˈpɪkəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (often plural) vegetables, such as cauliflowers, onions, etc, preserved in vinegar, brine, etc |
| 2. | any food preserved in this way |
| 3. | a liquid or marinade, such as spiced vinegar, for preserving vegetables, meat, fish, etc |
| 4. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) a cucumber that has been preserved and flavoured in a pickling solution, such as brine or vinegar |
| 5. | informal an awkward or difficult situation: to be in a pickle |
| 6. | informal (Brit) a mischievous child |
| —vb | |
| 7. | to preserve in a pickling liquid |
| 8. | to immerse (a metallic object) in a liquid, such as an acid, to remove surface scale |
| [C14: perhaps from Middle Dutch pekel; related to German Pökel brine] | |
| 'pickler | |
| —n | |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Pickler
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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