sowbelly
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sowbelly
Example Sentences
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Farmers feed their hogs carefully to keep them from producing too much lard, fat back and sowbelly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once or twice a week they have sowbelly.
From Time Magazine Archive
She would spill the walnut kernels, and then she wouldn’t be able to sell them to buy sowbelly and potatoes.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
Sometimes when the boy’s father helped butcher hogs down at the big house, he would bring home spareribs and sowbelly—lots of sowbelly, but not much spareribs.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
He had enjoyed his dinner of sowbelly and cornbread with syrup poured over it.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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