saus ‧ age S3 /ˈsɒsɪdʒ $ ˈsɒː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old North French ; Origin: saussiche , from Late Latin salsicia , from Latin salsus 'salted' ]
1 . a small tube of skin filled with a mixture of meat, spices etc, eaten hot or cold after it has been cooked:
pork sausages
2 . not a sausage! British English old-fashioned informal nothing at all:
‘Have you heard from Tom yet?’ ‘No, not a sausage!’