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salt pork

noun

  1. pork cured with salt, especially the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly.


salt pork

noun

  1. pork, esp the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly, that has been cured with salt
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of salt pork1

First recorded in 1715–25
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Example Sentences

Add the salt pork and cook, turning as needed to brown on all sides, about 12 minutes total.

There was something strangely exhilarating in the air and the dusty office smelt of salt-pork and cheese.

Put them in a saucepan with enough cold water to cover them and half a pound of salt pork cut into thin strips.

This, with a dozen of white partridges, and a large piece of salt pork, composed our dinner.

The garrison were in no very robust condition for fighting, for salt pork was nearly their sum total in the meat line.

Get a pound and a half some time and lard it; that is, stick narrow strips of salt pork in it.

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