wurst

[wurst, woorst] Origin

wurst

[wurst, woorst]
noun
sausage (def. 1).

Origin:
1890–95; < German Wurst

worst, wurst.
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Wurst is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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wurst (wɜːst, wʊəst, vʊəst)
 
n
a large sausage, esp of a type made in Germany, Austria, etc
 
[from German, literally: something rolled; related to Latin vertere to turn]

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wurst
Ger. sausage, 1855, from Ger. Wurst, from O.H.G.
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