sausage sizzle
Definitions
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- noun (noun) A barbecue held for fundraising purposes.
Examples
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Gold Coast City Council has been labelled 'unAustralian' for banning sausage sizzles to help raise funds for a local surf lifesaving club.
'Sausage sizzle banned,' The Sydney Morning Herald, January 25, 2006
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While the Dunedin City Council has to watch its pennies as it tries to rein in every possible cost and earn every possible dollar, the proposal to charge for charity sausage sizzles was an idea with little merit.
'Some sausage sizzle sense,' Otago Daily Times, February 7, 2012
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Sushi has overtaken the sausage sizzle on the fundraising Friday lunch menu of an Auckland school aiming for a healthier food 'environment'.
'Sushi the new Friday sausage sizzle,' The New Zealand Herald, June 16, 2007
Note
'Sausage sizzles' are common in Australia and New Zealand.
