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bacon (iou)



bacon noun & verb. ME.

A. noun.
The cured back or side of a pig (formerly also the fresh flesh now called pork). ME.
bring home the bacon fig. (colloq.) achieve success. save a person's bacon, save one's bacon: see SAVE verb.
The carcass of a pig. ME-M18.
A rustic. Cf. chaw-bacon s.v. CHAW verb. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
Comb.: bacon beetle = LARDER beetle.
b. verb trans. Convert into bacon. Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
baconer noun a pig fit for being made into bacon and ham M18.