Sowbelly

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Salted pork from the belly of a pig. US

    "The process consists of laying a side of bacon, profanely called "sowbelly," flat on the ground, and eliminating, by a dexterous use of the knife... — Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society (1918)"

  2. 2
    salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass wordnet

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baconbuttfat backgammonhamlard

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"The process consists of laying a side of bacon, profanely called "sowbelly," flat on the ground, and eliminating, by a dexterous use of the knife... — Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society (1918)"

Etymology

From sow + belly.

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