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noun Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
salt pork and bacon taken from the sides of a hog.
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Origin of side meat
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Words nearby side meat
sideling, sideload, sidelock, sidelong, sideman, side meat, side money, side of the tracks, side-on, sidepiece, side pot
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British Dictionary definitions for side meat
side meat
noun
US informal salt pork or bacon
Word Origin for side meat
C19: so called because it comes from the side of the pig
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