Antedating of "Frankfurter"

[Laurence Horn]

And I assume we're not talking Kentucky here…  (Maybe it's just those Australian vowels.)

LH

On May 12, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Hugo wrote:

> I found lots of earlier "Frankfort sausages" (1863), "sausage of Frankfort"
> (1869), "Frankfurt sausages" (1871) and "Frankfurter sausages" (1873) in
> Australia. Here's the first of each.
>
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> The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW, Australia), Tuesday 4 August 1863, page 6:
>
> [Begin]
> PURE PORK Sausages, 1s. per lb ; to be had at
> H. CUMMINS', 192, Pitt-st. Frankfort sausages.
> [End]
>
> http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28620554?searchTerm=frankfort%20sausage&searchLimits=todd=01|||tomm=10|||toyyyy=1877|||l-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*|||sortby=dateDesc#pstart1479497
>
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>
> Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle (NSW, Australia), Saturday 28
> August 1869, page 3:
>
> [Begin]
> I was strolling along "Our Street" of George one
> day last week when I suddenly recollected to have heard
> of one Maywald who manufactures tho wonderful
> sausage of Frankfort ; and so, straightway to the shop
> of Maywald I did repair. There I found the sausage of
> Frankfort, a wonderful production of the sausage
> maker's art, besides other manufactures of a like nature ;
> and I can strongly recommend the lovers of a " good
> thing" in tho supper line to never be without some of
> Maywald's " curious compounds."
> [End]
>
> http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/65470469?searchTerm=frankfort%20sausage&searchLimits=todd=01|||tomm=10|||toyyyy=1877|||l-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*|||sortby=dateDesc#pstart5677464
>
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>
> The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW, Australia), Thursday 6 April 1871, page 1:
>
> [Begin]
> REAL FRANKFURT SAUSAGES and Potatoe
> Salad. Café de Paris, King-st., Wangenheim, agent.
> [End]
>
> http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13219784?searchTerm=frankfurter%20sausage&searchLimits=exactPhrase|||anyWords|||notWords|||fromdd|||frommm|||fromyyyy|||todd=01|||tomm=10|||toyyyy=1877|||l-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*|||sortby=dateDesc
>
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>
> Bendigo Advertiser (Vic., Australia), Saturday 16 August 1873, page 3:
>
> [Begin]
> WANTED KNOWN, Fresh Frankfurter Sau-
> sages can be procured at Heine and
> Rossow's Wine Depot, View Place. 6S3
> [End]
>
> (WANTED KNOWN, alongside WANTED BUYERS, pushing somewhat the bounds of
> WANTED ads!)
>
> http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/88267306?searchTerm=frankfurter%20sausage&searchLimits=exactPhrase|||anyWords|||notWords|||fromdd|||frommm|||fromyyyy|||todd=01|||tomm=10|||toyyyy=1877|||l-word=*ignore*%7C*ignore*|||sortby=dateDesc
>
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>
> Hugo
>
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