worsn.
/vɔːs/, U.S. /vɔrs/, South African English /vɔːs/ South African.
A sausage; (as a mass noun) sausage meat. Also attributive, as worsmonger, wors roll, etc.Chiefly (and earliest) in boerewors n.
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1923 Farmer's Weekly (S. Afr.) 20 June (Homestead Suppl.) 41/2 By omitting both coriander and thyme you will have a sausage that will dry well, and be very popular as dry sausage or ‘Boer wors’.
1959 S. Afr. Panorama Oct. 4 (caption) The wors is suitable for use fresh but some is often dried in the same way as biltong.
1981 Cape Times 22 Jan. 1/4 Blow the whistle on any cunning worsmonger who is trying to dress up his soya mixture in steer's clothing.
1996 R. van Druten Mbuzini Breeze 5 Piet..offered him a big piece of dried wors and a mug of coffee.
2001 Africa News (Nexis) 8 June From wors rolls on the run to slap-up meals in swanky restaurants.
2013 Sunday Tribune (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 13 Oct. 2 Don't miss your chance to taste the best wors for free.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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