Each time the ringmaster shouted his call of “Men up!” he lumbered ferociously for Betty with the cardboard wienerwurst or the photograph of the bearded lady or whatever the favor chanced to be. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
"The dog-goned little wienerwurst," he yelled, amiably. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the West [Annotated]] Reference
"Maybe you've been makin 'a noise like a wienerwurst," says I. From Wordnik.com. [Torchy] Reference
Then he said he was hungry, so he and Mary took turn about holding it while the other ate "po 'man's pickle" and wienerwurst. From Wordnik.com. [Lovey Mary] Reference
He seemed to tower over the pitcher -- Red was six feet one -- and he scowled and shook his bat at Wehying and called, "Put one over -- you wienerwurst!". From Wordnik.com. [The Redheaded Outfield] Reference
The wienerwurst stands are required by law to keep a news ticker in 'em; and the doughnuts are examined every four years by a retired steamboat inspector. From Wordnik.com. [Sixes and Sevens] Reference
He was waitin 'at the station for me, with a high-wheeled cart, and a couple of gingery circus horses hitched one in front of the other like two links of wienerwurst. From Wordnik.com. [Shorty McCabe] Reference
Each time the ringmaster shouted his call of "Men up!" he lumbered ferociously for Betty with the cardboard wienerwurst or the photograph of the bearded lady or whatever the favor chanced to be. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
He ate much wienerwurst and drank beer freely, and on holidays devoured, at one sitting, a half-dozen loaves of bread, the centers of which had been previously dug out and filled with melted lard. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall] Reference
It juts out from the middle of his face like the handle of a lovin 'cup, and with his habit of stretchin' his neck forward he always seems to be followin 'a scent, like one of these wienerwurst retrievers. From Wordnik.com. [Torchy, Private Sec.] Reference
Also it was Saturday night, and in a couple of hours would come a violin and a cornet, and in the rear part of the saloon the families of the neighborhood would dance and feast upon wienerwurst and lager, until two or three o'clock in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle] Reference
His black coffee certainly excelled O'Day's beer, while the wienerwurst and "Schnitz-und-Knöpf" put to shame the meals at "The Miner's. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall] Reference
60 white-wings, 117 whither, 180, 307 whittle, 68 whizz-bang, 369 who, 179, 180, 296 whole-souled, 93 whom, 179, 180, 257-180, 296 whose, 296 whosen, 296, 297 wide, 305 wiener, 103 wienie, 103 wienerwurst, 103 wier, 57 wierd, 246 wife, 150 wig, 184 wigwam, 41, 52 wild-cat, v. From Wordnik.com. [Mencken, H] Reference
The later immigrants contributed pretzel, pumpernickel, hausfrau, lager-beer, pinocle, wienerwurst (often reduced to wiener or wienie), frankfurter, bock-beer, schnitzel, leberwurst (sometimes half translated as liverwurst), blutwurst, rathskeller, schweizer (cheese), delicatessen, hamburger (i. e., steak), kindergarten and katzenjammer. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 4. Loan-Words and Non-English Influences] Reference
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