Shrimpfurter

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A food resembling a frankfurter but made with shrimp. rare

    "Autin’s shrimpfurters are put up in cellophane (a byproduct of Dixie cottonseed, incidentally), either in long strings or in pound packages of ten priced at 60 cents."

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"Autin’s shrimpfurters are put up in cellophane (a byproduct of Dixie cottonseed, incidentally), either in long strings or in pound packages of ten priced at 60 cents."

Etymology

From shrimp + -furter (“German-style food, especially wursts or sausages”).

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