salt pork

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noun

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

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Origin of salt pork

First recorded in 1715–25

Words nearby salt pork

salt out, salt pan, saltpeter, saltpetre, salt pit, salt pork, salt-rising bread, Salt River, salts, salt shake, salt shaker

How to use salt pork in a sentence

Add the salt pork and cook, turning as needed to brown on all sides, about 12 minutes total.
This briny oyster soup brings the smells and tastes of Louisiana’s coast to your table|Dayana Sarkisova|December 17, 2020|Washington Post
There was something strangely exhilarating in the air and the dusty office smelt of salt-pork and cheese.
The Girl From Keller's|Harold Bindloss
Put them in a saucepan with enough cold water to cover them and half a pound of salt pork cut into thin strips.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode|Harriet A. de Salis
This, with a dozen of white partridges, and a large piece of salt pork, composed our dinner.
Hudson Bay|R.M. Ballantyne

The garrison were in no very robust condition for fighting, for salt pork was nearly their sum total in the meat line.
The Blue and The Gray|A. R. White
Get a pound and a half some time and lard it; that is, stick narrow strips of salt pork in it.
Living on a Little|Caroline French Benton

British Dictionary definitions for salt pork

salt pork

noun

pork, esp the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly, that has been cured with salt

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