kilted sausage

noun

A sausage wrapped in bacon, traditionally served for Christmas dinner in Scotland and parts of England.

Meanings

nounkilted sausage (plural kilted sausages)

plural kilted sausages

  1. A sausage wrapped in bacon, traditionally served for Christmas dinner in Scotland and parts of England.

Origin

From the resemblance of the bacon wrapper to a kilt around the sausage.

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kilted sausage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilted%20sausage

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