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(fraŋk′fər tər)

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noun

a cooked smoked sausage of beef or beef with pork, turkey, etc., made in cylindrical links a few inches long, now usually without a casing; wiener

also frankfurt or frankfort

Origin: Ger, after Frankfurt (am Main)

Frankfurter, Felix 1882-1965; associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1939-62), born in Austria

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noun

A smoked sausage of beef or beef and pork made in long reddish links.

Origin:

Origin: After Frankfurt (am Main)

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).

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