Well, old chap, he's generally about pickled this time of day, if he's the man I think you mean.
"Command"
William McFee
It is incredible what an amount of honey a demon of that description can put into his words; he was capable of persuading this well-educated girl to take her place among the pickled cucumbers, basins of lard, and sacks of potatoes, in order to listen to a conversation which was not meant for her ears.
"St. Peter's Umbrella"
Kálmán Mikszáth
Others tell us how, in time of famine, the good saint found the bodies of three little boys, pickled in a tub, at a market for sale, and to be eaten up.
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis