saus‧age S3 /ˈsɒsɪdʒ $ ˈsɒː-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old North French; Origin: saussiche, from Late Latin salsicia, from Latin salsus 'salted']

1. a small tube of skin filled with a mixture of meat, spices etc, eaten hot or cold after it has been cooked:
pork sausages

2. not a sausage! British English old-fashioned informal nothing at all:
‘Have you heard from Tom yet?’ ‘No, not a sausage!’

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sausage
noun
ADJ. beef, garlic, liver, pork, etc. | vegetarian | spicy
QUANT. slice
VERB + SAUSAGE eat, have | cook, fry, grill
SAUSAGE + VERB sizzle
SAUSAGE + NOUN meat, skin | roll
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