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side meat

American  

noun

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

  1. salt pork and bacon taken from the sides of a hog.

side meat British  

noun

  1. informal salt pork or bacon

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Etymology

Origin of side meat

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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