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| ba·con [ báykən ] |
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meat from hog: meat from the back and sides of a hog that has been salted, dried, and often smoked
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| [14th century. < Old French< Germanic, "back meat"] |
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bring home the bacon to earn the money on which a family lives (informal)
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save somebody's bacon to save somebody from serious trouble, punishment, injury, or danger (informal)
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