blood sausage

noun

: very dark sausage containing a large proportion of blood

called also blood pudding

Examples of blood sausage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Did Ancient Mongolians Only Eat Blood? Aside from blood sausages, also known as blood pudding in some areas, Mongolians likely subsisted mostly on meat and dairy products from their herds. —

Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2024 Wilder replaced Spanish red beans with tepary beans and the rice used as a binder in the recipe’s blood sausage with Sonoran white wheat berries. —

Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024 The team believes that blood was collected in the cauldrons to make blood sausages. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 June 2024 During dinner, we were brought everything from homemade chorizo to blood sausage, sweetbreads, and short ribs to chow down on. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for blood sausage

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Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of blood sausage was in 1799

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“Blood sausage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20sausage. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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