Vienna sausage

noun

Vi·​en·​na sausage vē-ˈe-nə- How to pronounce Vienna sausage (audio)
: a short slender frankfurter

Examples of Vienna sausage in a Sentence

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Conagra manufactures Armour Star Vienna sausages, which are sold for $1 for a 4.6 oz tin in Walgreens stores, for example. Jessica Dinapoli, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024 Family Dollar stores sell, at the cheapest possible prices, an encyclopedic array of domestic necessities and comforts, among them detergent, winter coats, party napkins, pet food, wireless speakers, rakes, strollers, wind chimes and 95-cent cans of Vienna sausage. Alex Traub, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023 One Google reviewer said that a Vienna sausage was more beachy than Galveston Island. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022 Campbell’s soup, Vienna sausage, tuna, mixed vegetables. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2021 Profanity is as much a part of hunting and fishing as Vienna sausage and wet toilet paper. David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 21 Dec. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Vienna, Austria

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Vienna sausage was in 1873

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“Vienna sausage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Vienna%20sausage. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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