Cucumber

//ˈkjuːˌkʌmbɚ//

"Cucumber" in a Sentence (18 examples)

A cucumber is related to a watermelon.

I was cool as a cucumber.

What a long cucumber!

I was as cool as a cucumber.

More than iron, more than lead, more than gold I need electricity. I need it more than I need lamb or pork or lettuce or cucumber. I need it for my dreams.

I am eating a cucumber.

The killer cucumber is sexist.

Tabloids assert that the killer cucumber would have sodomised the mad cow.

Seeing the face of his wife covered in green spots, he had a heart attack. Yet another victim of the killer cucumber!

It's not clear whether the cucumber infected the people, or if the people infected the cucumber.

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ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.

[…]for it has been a common ſaying of phyſicians in England, that a cucumber ſhould be well ſliced, and dreſſed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.

"Why, pepper and salt your reasons!" cried Curl, forgetting to look at the door for a moment: "your pamphlet has talent; but talent is like a cucumber, nothing without the dressing. You must be more personal."

Probably on account of its phallic formation, the cucumber is often assumed to have aphrodisiac qualities.

To the bowl, add cucumber, cabbage and carrot.

The guy's a real cucumber.

That Wolf is one cool cucumber.

"You're smart," says Irv, pointing at her and nodding his head. "A smart cucumber."

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