different between pickleback vs prickleback

English

Etymology

pickle +? back (“mild drink, chaser”). Coined 2006 by Reggie Cunningham of The Bushwick Country Club bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Noun

pickleback (plural picklebacks)

1. A shot of whiskey with a shot of pickle brine as the chaser.
   • 2010, Toby Cecchini, “Got Your Pickleback”, The New York Times Style Magazine, 2010-03-16:

     Reggie poured me a pickleback, which he described as the house specialty: a shot of Old Crow bourbon and an accompanying shot of brine from a jar of McClure’s spicy dills.

2. The shot of pickle brine itself as a chaser.
   • 2010, New York, Volume 43, Issues ? (14–21), p. ??:

     There are drink deals to match, like the Recession Special, which nets you a PBR tall boy, a shot of whiskey. and a shot of spicy pickleback for a modest $6.

References

• Pickleback (whiskey and pickle brine), January 10, 2014, Barry Popik, The Big Apple

Further reading

• pickleback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

prickle +? back

Noun

prickleback (plural pricklebacks)

1. Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae.
2. The stickleback