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frankfurter

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frank⋅furt⋅er

  [frangk-fer-ter]
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–noun
a small, cooked and smoked sausage of beef or beef and pork, with or without casing; hot dog; wiener.
Also, frankfort, frank⋅fort⋅er, frankfurt.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; < G: Frankfort sausage; see -er 1

Frank⋅furt⋅er

  [frangk-fer-ter]
–noun
Felix, 1882–1965, U.S. jurist, born in Austria: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1939–62.
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frank·furt·er   (frāngk'fər-tər)   
n.  A smoked sausage of beef or beef and pork made in long reddish links.

[After Frankfurt (am Main).]
Frank·furt·er   (frāngk'fər-tər)   
Austrian-born American jurist. A founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, he served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939-1962).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

frankfurter 
1894, Amer.Eng., from Ger. Frankfurter "of Frankfurt," because a sausage somewhat like a U.S. hot dog was originally made in Germany, where it was associated with the city of Frankfurt am Main (lit. "ford of the Franks on the River Main"). Attested from 1877 as Frankfort sausage. Shortened form frank first attested 1936.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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frankfurter

highly seasoned sausage, traditionally of mixed pork and beef. Frankfurters are named for Frankfurt am Main, Ger., the city of their origin, where they were sold and eaten at beer gardens.

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