sausage

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sausage/ˈsɒsɪʤ/
noun
  • 1 a short cylindrical tube of minced pork, beef, etc. encased in a skin, typically sold raw and grilled or fried before eating.

    ■ a cylindrical tube of minced meat seasoned and cooked or preserved, sold mainly to be eaten cold in slices.

  • 2 a sausage-shaped object.
– phrases
not a sausage Brit. informal nothing at all.
– origin ME: from Old North. Fr. saussiche, from med. L. salsicia, from L. salsus (see sauce).
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