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knack⋅wurst

[nahk-wurst, -woorst]
–noun
a short, thick, highly seasoned sausage.


Origin:
1935–40; < G, equiv. to knack(en) to crack, break + Wurst sausage. Cf. knack
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knack·wurst or knock·wurst   (nŏk'wûrst', -wŏŏrst')   
n.  A short, thick, highly seasoned sausage.

[German Knackwurst : knacken, to crack (from Middle High German, of imitative origin) + Wurst, sausage; see wurst.]
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