corn dog

noun

: a frankfurter dipped in cornmeal batter, fried, and served on a stick

Examples of corn dog in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some of the food choices include vegan burgers, cookies, corn dogs, donuts, pizzas, sushi and tacos. The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024 The Super Bowl Sunday Funday includes unlimited beer, wine and rail drinks, plus a buffet of snacks like tots, fries and mini corn dogs, from 6 p.m. until the end of the game. Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 The food lineup will consist of banh mi sandwiches, pho noodle soups, Korean corn dogs, appetizers, pastries, boba teas and Vietnamese coffees. Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2024 Imagine how school kids became utterly disappointed when the wieners inside their corn dogs were much smaller than usual on some days. Soo Youn, NBC News, 14 July 2023 One of the oldest and most intimate ways to reach voters, though, is good old-fashioned retail politics: town halls in church basements, shaking hands at a local restaurant, eating corn dogs at the state fair. Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024 Helmed by Executive Chef Frank Fleisher (formerly of Juniper & Ivy), the kitchen will serve dishes like black truffle fries and wagyu corn dogs, as well as artisan pizzas and raw dishes like blood orange hamachi crudo. Roxana Becerril, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023 On Halloween, fans of the latter can enjoy $.50 corn dogs all day and half price cheeseburgers after 5 pm. Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023 The drive-in fast-food chain is offering corn dogs for only 99 cents - plus tax, of course - all day on Wednesday, March 15. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 15 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of corn dog was in 1939

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“Corn dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corn%20dog. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

corn dog

noun
: a frankfurter dipped in cornmeal batter, fried, and served on a stick
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