saus‧age S3 /ˈsɒsɪdʒ $ ˈsɒː-/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Old North French;
Origin: saussiche, from Late Latin salsicia, from Latin salsus 'salted']
1. a small tube of skin filled with a mixture of meat, spices etc, eaten hot or cold after it has been cooked:
pork sausages2. not a sausage! British English old-fashioned informal nothing at all:
‘Have you heard from Tom yet?’ ‘No, not a sausage!’ [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲