dill pickle

plural dill pickles

1. A cucumber pickled in brine or vinegar flavored with dill and other seasonings.

   Synonyms: dill, pickle, gherkin

2. USdatedslangA foolish person.

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

   2010 [1918], Robert W. Chambers, The Laughing Girl, page 278

   4 more examples

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

   1977 [c. 1908], Harry Conway Fisher, edited by Bill Blackbeard, A. Mutt, a Complete Compilation, 1907-1908, page 47

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

   2012 [1917], Robert W. Chambers, The Dark Star, page 96

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

   2015, Ján Košturiak, Everyday Reflections, page 20

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

   2017 November 13, Jennifer Kincheloe, “Jupiter! Why I Love 1900s Slang”, in Criminal Element

   Synonyms: fool