wienerwurst
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wiener or wienerwurst (ˈwiːnə, ˈwiːnəˌwɜːst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| (US), (Canadian) wienie, Also called: weenie a kind of smoked beef or pork sausage, similar to a frankfurter | |
| [C20: shortened from German Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage] | |
| wienerwurst or wienerwurst (ˈwiːnə, ˈwiːnəˌwɜːst, ˈwiːnɪ) | |
| —n | |
| [C20: shortened from German Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage] | |
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| wiener or wienerwurst (ˈwiːnə, ˈwiːnəˌwɜːst) | |
| —n | |
| (US), (Canadian) wienie, Also called: weenie a kind of smoked beef or pork sausage, similar to a frankfurter | |
| [C20: shortened from German Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage] | |
| wienerwurst or wienerwurst (ˈwiːnə, ˈwiːnəˌwɜːst, ˈwiːnɪ) | |
| —n | |
| [C20: shortened from German Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage] | |
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wiener
1904, shortening of wienerwurst (1889), from Ger. Wiener "of Vienna" (from Wien "Vienna," from L. Vindo-bona, from Gaulish vindo-, from Celt. vindo- "white;" cf. O.Ir. find, Welsh gwyn "white;" see Gwendolyn) + Wurst "sausage." Clipped form wienie is attested from 1911.
Extensive pejorative senses developed from its penis-like shape.
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