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wienerwurst

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wie⋅ner

  [wee-ner]
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–noun
1. frankfurter.
2. Vienna sausage.
Also, wie⋅ner⋅wurst  [wee-ner-wurst, -woorst] .

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; < G, short for Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage
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wie·ner·wurst   (wē'nər-wûrst', -wŏŏrst')   
n.  A smoked pork or beef sausage similar to a frankfurter.

[German : Wiener, of Vienna, Austria + Wurst, sausage; see wurst.]
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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