Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A smoked sausage of beef or beef and pork made in long reddish links.
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- noun UK, US, Canada A moist
sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Frankfurt (am Main).]
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From German frankfurter, the adjectival form of Frankfurt. Specifically, a reference to Frankfurt-am-Main.
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hernesheir commented on the word frankfurter
"...often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry." -- Wiktionary.
April 26, 2011
reesetee commented on the word frankfurter
The words "meat" and "slurry" should never come within 20 feet of one another.
April 26, 2011