Antedating of "Frankfurter"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun May 11 18:40:25 UTC 2014


Frankfurter (OED 1894)

[1877 _N.Y. Times_ 3 Sept. 8 (Newspapers.com)  In the way of eatables, Frankfurter sausage with sauerkraut ... proved the most potent attractions.]

Fred Shapiro

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