weiner roast † DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
a social affair at which frankfurters are roasted (or, more often, boiled) over an open fire, usually after dark, the group engaging in singing and other forms of entertainment.
- Dictionaries usually prefer to give the spelling as wiener, thus preserving the etymological development from Wien Vienna, where this type of (Vienna) sausage originated. However, the spelling weiner is often met in North America, where it seems general in the combination weiner roast.