Vienna sausage

American  

Or vienna sausage

noun

1. a small frankfurter, often served as an hors d'oeuvre.

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Etymology

Origin of Vienna sausage

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

In a box sits his bait: bits of chicken from a local Jamaican restaurant, a strip from KFC, maybe a Vienna sausage.

From New York Times

Chucky wore a tank top, one arm curled around a net bag full of cans: Campbell’s soup, Vienna sausage, tuna, mixed vegetables.

From New York Times

Her newfound friends recommended buying cans of Vienna sausage and soda crackers to fill her stomach and gave her pointers on retaining heat under a thin blanket.

From Los Angeles Times

The Wonder Bread and canned Vienna sausage and Kool-Aid with no sugar.

From The Guardian

The cabinets are only filled with hurricane food: cold Vienna sausage, stale crackers, and gallons of water.

From Literature