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• n  any of various small cucumbers pickled whole
• n  small prickly cucumber

• What you'll be looking at may be the most gratifying specimen of Modernist invention since Foster's "gherkin," the torpedo-shaped office building he dropped on London two years ago.
• Even before it opened in April, it was known as the gherkin because it rises against the sky like a plump green pickle.
• Even before it opened in April, it was known as the gherkin because it rises against the sky like a plump green pickle.

News & Articles

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• London 'Cheesegrater' Building Joins Skyline of Wacky Nicknames
  Topped out on June 18, the building joins a growing cluster of eccentrically shaped skyscrapers including the Gherkin and still-emerging Walkie Talkie.
  June 25, 2013 - Engineering News-Record

Quotes

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• David Dimbleby in ic Wales
  I like modern architecture and a lot of what's being built,David says. "We broadly welcome fantastical buildings like the Gherkin or the London Eye. People love all that. But none of it comes through in domestic architecture. We want to...