What are gherkins?

Gherkin

1. small cucumber

a small cucumber. Use: pickling

2. prickly fruit

a prickly hard-skinned fruit from a climbing plant Use: pickling

3. the other answers are completely wrong a gherkin is actually not spelt like that in fact it is spelt like gurkin because it is actually a guy/girl/hermaphrodite/clown transexual/ whatever because we really don'tknow what 'it' is. if you would like more information about GURKINS go to where did Gurkins come from