"sausage sizzle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-sausage sizzle.ogg [Australia] Forms: sausage sizzles [plural]
Etymology: From sausage + sizzle, referring to the item most likely to be cooked. Etymology templates: {{m|en|sausage}} sausage, {{m|en|sizzle}} sizzle Head templates: {{en-noun}} sausage sizzle (plural sausage sizzles)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A barbecue, especially one held for fundraising purposes. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, slang
    Sense id: en-sausage_sizzle-en-noun-X3nrgh8S Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, New Zealand English

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          "text": "2009, Cyril Ayris, Gulf to Gulf: The Long Walk, Jeff Johnson, Australia, page 227,\nThe interview went well. It was unhurried, I felt confident for a change, and Jodie seemed genuinely interested in DeafBlind and the reason for my walk. When it was over she invited me to an outside broadcast the following day at which there would be a sausage sizzle."
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          "text": "2010, H. I. Larry, Zac Power: Fossil Fury, Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia, page 3,\nAs Zac walked over to the sausage sizzle, he noticed something strange. The guy flipping the sausages was staring right at him."
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