: a short slender frankfurter
Examples of Vienna sausage in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
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.
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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
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
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Word History
Etymology
Vienna, Austria
First Known Use
1873, in the meaning defined above
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“Vienna sausage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Vienna%20sausage. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.
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