bacon

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The eggs and the bacon were absolutely amazing (perfectly cooked) and the freshly squeezed orange juice was nice and moderately sized for $4.95.

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  1. noun The salted and smoked meat from the back and sides of a pig.

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  • At least the bacon was already prepared, she thought, bending and retrieving another skillet from the cabinet. —  Cinderella At The Ball
  • The eggs and the bacon were absolutely amazing (perfectly cooked) and the freshly squeezed orange juice was nice and moderately sized for $4.95. —  The Mad Professah Lectures
  • P.S. -- the only people who could have saved your bacon are the ones you refuse to listen to at your management meetings -- or even neglected to invite. —  Inside Music Media
  • But according to one U.S., researcher, bringing home most of the bacon is as stressful as it is empowering. —  Winnipeg Sun
  • With these precautions, the bacon will be as good at the end of the year as on the first day 809. —  The Book of Household Management
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.

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  1. Early modern English also bakon, baken, from Middle English bacon, bacoun, bakoun, from Old French bacon = Provencal bacon, from Middle Latin baco(n-), bacon, side of bacon, shoulder, ham, also a swine, from Old High German bahho, bacho, Middle High German bache, side of bacon, ham, German bache, a wild sow (obsolete or dial., a ham), = Middle Dutch bake, bacon, ham, a swine, from Old High German *bah, etc., = Anglo-Saxon bæc, Englishback: see back.
 

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/ˈbeɪkən/
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