frankfurter sausage

[Mullins, Bill]

The first non-spurious entry in the OED for "frankfurter" is 1894.

_Ogden Standard Examiner_ 1890-03-25 p. 1/4 Eating with the Dead

"Lager beer, cheese sandwiches, pot-pot cheese, Frankfurter sausages and
coffee fare to be provided."

_Ogden Standard Examiner_ 1890-12-14, p. 5/7. "Beauty with Plebian Taste"
[from the New York Sun]
" "Frankfurter sausages and sauerkraut," replied the maiden."