links

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Sausages. Used in the interior of New England. It is now common in the sea-port towns to say, "links of sausages," meaning the links into which they are tied up. In some parts of England, sausages are called links, and a number of them a "latch of links."--Forby's Norf. Glossary.

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