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gherkin

noun
🔊/ˈɡɜːkɪn/
🔊/ˈɡɜːrkɪn/
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  1. (British English)
    (North American English pickle)
    a small cucumber小黄瓜 that has been preserved in vinegar before being eaten
  2. (North American English) a small cucumber小黄瓜
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Dutch augurkje, gurkje, diminutive of augurk, gurk, from Slavic, based on medieval Greek angourion ‘cucumber’.