Cornichon

American  

[kawr-ni-shon] / ˈkɔr nɪˌʃɒn /

noun

1. a black vinifera grape grown for table use.

2. the vine itself.

3. (lowercase) a cucumber pickle; gherkin.

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cornichon British  

/ ˈkɔːnɪˌʃɒn /

noun

1. a type of small gherkin

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Etymology

Origin of Cornichon

1965–70; < French: literally, little horn, equivalent to corne horn + -ichon diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

Cornichon lives in room number thirty-six on the third floor of a furnished lodging house in the street du Petit Lion. 

From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William

You must ring for the porter if you would go in to Cornichon; and the porter must, by a jerk at a string, unlatch the street door if Cornichon wishes to come out to you. 

From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William

How shall I prune grape vines, viz: Tokay, Black Cornichon, Muscat, Thompson Seedless, Rose of Peru, planted for a grape arbor?

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

This is an excellent system for Malaga, Emperor, and Cornichon when growing in very fertile soil.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

Cornichon and Friponnet dine in the street Chabannais; have soup at a penny a portion, small plates of p. 144meat at twopence each, dessert at a penny, and halfpenny slips of bread. 

From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by Duthie, William