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sowbelly

American  
[sou-bel-ee] / ˈsaʊˌbɛl i /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of sowbelly

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

Example Sentences

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Once or twice a week they have sowbelly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Farmers feed their hogs carefully to keep them from producing too much lard, fat back and sowbelly.

From Time Magazine Archive

The diets of cornbread and sowbelly and syrup, the crowding of four and five persons to a single room.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

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

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers