frankfurter

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Delivery to the remote Yosemite National Park post office — as evidenced by what current Yosemite Postmaster Ellen Damin calls “the great frankfurter debacle” — has never been easy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

As the sun set on a cloudy evening in Times Square on Friday, a 65-foot-long frankfurter cantilevered into the sky and spewed out a blast of rainbow confetti.

From New York Times • May 7, 2024

He admits to having a similar maudlin blindspot when it comes to Detroit's Coney dogs — a beef frankfurter on a bun smothered in beanless chili, mustard, onions and shredded cheese.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2022

The annual Fourth of July frankfurter fest normally happens outside Nathan’s flagship shop in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood.

From Fox News • Jul. 4, 2021

Mr. Clyde had a certain paternal quality that Ignatius liked; the old man, the scarred and wizened mogul of the frankfurter, would be a welcome new character in the Journal.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole