pickley

English

Adjective

pickley (comparative more pickley, superlative most pickley)

1. Alternative form of pickly
   • 1971, À la Vôtre, page 221:

     […] besides beans there were celery, onion, tomato, cucumber, sliced broccoli stem, and grape leaves, the last perhaps contributing a faint pickley flavor.

   • 1973, Shankar’s Weekly, page 12:

     My father’s white shirt and khaki trousers were soon covered with orange oil and a delicious pickley smell.

   • 1980, Environmental Action, page 14:

     If you’ve installed urea formaldehyde foam (UF) and haven’t detected its peculiar, pickley smell, you might still want to air your house out more frequently.

   • 1989, Wine Spectator, page 57:

     Smells old before its time, with leathery, nutty aromas; weedy, pickley flavors.

   • 1998, Lyn Andrews, editor, Contemporary Authors, Gale Research, →ISBN, page 148:

     We were the only girls who frequently brought money (25 cents) instead of a homemade lunch, and went off the schoolyard around the corner to stand in line, surrounded by delicious greasy, pickley smells, to buy hot hamburgers with shining moisture dots on the brown buns.

   • 2000, Martin J. Gidron, The Severed Wing, Livingston Press, →ISBN, page 47:

     Ah, the pickley smell of ditto ink; […]

   • 2002, Chef:

     It’s baby arugula leaves mixed with lightly grated smoked mozzarella, sourdough croutons from housemade bread, and red onions that have been roasted in olive oil and have a sweet pickley taste.

   • 2008, R. J. Ruppenthal, Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square Inch Gardener’s Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page 97:

     Sauerkraut and kimchi are both fermented vegetable dishes with a pickley taste; […]

   • 2010, Wenonah Doret, editor, Gym, Tanning, Laundry: The Official Jersey Shore Quote Book, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 75:

     THERE'S A WEIRD SMELL IN THE HOUSE. It kind of smells like old funk juice. It kind of has a pickley smell to it too. —Vinny

   • 2015, Leanne Brown, Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/Day, Workman Publishing, →ISBN:

     Add a tablespoon of dill or mustard seeds for a more pickley flavor.

   • 2017, Leela Cyd, Tasting Hygge: Joyful Recipes for Cozy Days and Nights, The Countryman Press, →ISBN:

     Quick pickles are a great way to use up veggies that are a little past their prime. It’s so satisfying to give a forgotten bit of produce new life with a sharp pickley taste.