Sausages

[saw-sij or, especially Brit., sos-ij]

sau·sage

[saw-sij or, especially Brit., 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.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English sausige < dialectal Old French sausiche < Late Latin salsīcia, neuter plural of salsīcius seasoned with salt, derivative of Latin salsus salted. See sauce, -itious

sau·sage·like, adjective
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Sausages is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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