See Also: Swallows and Amazons(dictionary)
gherkin(medicine)
gherkin(dictionary)
gherkin(dictionary)

Swallows and Amazons (oh) and gherkin (iou)


Swallows and Amazons (oh)



(1930) the first book in a series of popular novels for children by the British writer Arthur Ransome, about the adventures of a group of children sailing, camping, and looking after themselves in the Lake District in northern England

gherkin (iou)



gherkin noun. E17.
[Dutch (au)gurkje dim. of a(u)gurk, gurk, ult. from Slavonic word repr. also by Polish ogorek, Russian ogurets cucumber, derivs. with dim. suffix of late Greek aggourion (mod. aggouri).]
A young green, or a small kind of, cucumber used for pickling.