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noun
A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
A fish, the menhaden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
salt pork from the back of a hog carcass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: salt pork
History
From fat + back.
Across languages
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