wienerwurst

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wie·ner·wurst

(wē′nər-wûrst′, -wo͝orst′)

A smoked pork or beef sausage similar to a frankfurter.

[German : Wiener, of Vienna, Austria + Wurst, sausage; see wurst.]

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wienerwurst - a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

frankfurter, weenie, wiener, frank, hot dog, hotdog, dog

sausage - highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings

Vienna sausage - short slender frankfurter usually with ends cut off

red hot, hot dog, hotdog - a frankfurter served hot on a bun

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Also it was Saturday night, and in a couple of hours would come a violin and a cornet, and in the rear part of the saloon the families of the neighborhood would dance and feast upon wienerwurst and lager, until two or three o'clock in the morning.

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The wiener, or hot dog, is short for Wienerwurst, and the frankfurter originated in Frankfurt.

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The Wienerwurst and Weibwurst are especially difficult to keep in stock with shoppers buying a ton of each every day.