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bacon Definition


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bacon
noun
    1. Meat from the back and sides of a pig, usually salted or smoked.
Idiom: bring home the bacon
    To provide material support; to earn the money.
    To accomplish a task successfully.
Idiom: save someone's bacon
    colloq
    To rescue them from a difficult situation.
Etymology: 14c: French.



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