sowbelly

[ sou-bel-ee ]

noun

1. fat salt pork taken from the belly of a hog.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sowbelly¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; sow ² + belly

Example Sentences

He had enjoyed his dinner of sowbelly and cornbread with syrup poured over it.

From Literature

She would spill the walnut kernels, and then she wouldn’t be able to sell them to buy sowbelly and potatoes.

From Literature

But you don’t never eat ice cream with sowbelly.

From Project Gutenberg

Talk about beans and sowbelly, how would these do?”

From Project Gutenberg

A month with a bull train, and a diet of beans and sowbelly will put a linin’ in your in’ards and a heart in your chest.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• pancetta
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