sausage sizzle
(Australia, NZ) A barbecue, where the primary food item is a sausage served on a piece of bread, and especially one held for fundraising purposes.
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(Australia, NZ) A barbecue, where the primary food item is a sausage served on a piece of bread, and especially one held for fundraising purposes.
2007, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia, 5th edition, Lonely Planet, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2IGEQwGLUPQC&pg=PA233&lpg=PA233&dq=%22sausage+sizzle%22|%22sausage+sizzles%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&…
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(Australia, NZ) A sausage from such event.
: The friendly management picks guests up from their bus, provides shuttle buses into town, hosts free sausage sizzles and rents surfboards, bikes and scooters.
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