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sausage

[ saw-sijor, especially British, sos-ij ]

noun

  1. minced pork, beef, or other meats, often combined, together with various added ingredients and seasonings, usually stuffed into a prepared intestine or other casing and often made in links.
  2. Aeronautics. a sausage-shaped observation balloon, formerly used in warfare.


sausage

/ ˈɒɪ /

noun

  1. finely minced meat, esp pork or beef, mixed with fat, cereal or bread, and seasonings ( sausage meat ), and packed into a tube-shaped animal intestine or synthetic casing
  2. an object shaped like a sausage
  3. informal.
    aeronautics a captive balloon shaped like a sausage
  4. not a sausage
    nothing at all
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲ-ˌ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • s· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sausage1

1400–50; late Middle English sausige < dialectal Old French sausiche < Late Latin ī, neuter plural of īܲ seasoned with salt, derivative of Latin salsus salted. See sauce, -itious
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sausage1

C15: from Old Norman French saussiche, from Late Latin ī, from Latin salsus salted; see sauce
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Mix in some diced onions and bell peppers, and throw the mixture into an electric pot with a sausage link.

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Drakeford said the visitor levy will "cost less than a sausage roll", "less than half a cup of coffee" and "less than a bottle of water".

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Voting is mandatory for all citizens over 18, the country uses preferential voting, and picking up a "democracy sausage" is a polling day custom.

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I was not at all prepared for the sausage gravy pour.

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"Whether it's a diamond necklace or a humble sausage roll, taking what isn't yours can lead to criminal charges."

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