Canadian bacon

[ kuh-ney-dee-uhn bey-kuhn ]

/ kəˈneɪ di ən ˈbeɪ kən /

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noun

relatively lean bacon cut from the loin: in Canada, usually coated with peameal or cornmeal.

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Also called, Canadian, back bacon .

Origin of Canadian bacon

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby Canadian bacon

Canada moonseed, Canadarm, Canada thistle, Canadian, Canadian Alliance, Canadian bacon, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian English, Canadian football, Canadian Forces, Canadian French

How to use Canadian bacon in a sentence

The focus here was on how fast oil would come out of the Canadian fields.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Jan. 4|PunditFact.com|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And if people find themselves dissatisfied with how often they turn to fast food, Bacon says to try things like batch cooking.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The problem, says UC Davis physiologist and nutritionist Linda Bacon, is that very few people can lose weight and keep it off.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead of just cutting out whole food groups, Bacon says people should pay attention to how food makes them feel.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Most of the diseases we blame on nutrition are actually diseases of disempowerment,” Bacon said.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
With Bacon, experientia does not always mean observation; and may mean either experience or experiment.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
It lacks convincingness perhaps from the fact that Thomass theology is so largely philosophy, as Roger Bacon said.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Sentence of fine and imprisonment passed upon lord Bacon in the house of peers for bribery.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
No one has yet gone far enough down to test the depth of the veins in any Canadian mine.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones

British Dictionary definitions for Canadian bacon

Canadian bacon

noun

the US name for back bacon

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