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streaky bacon

American  
[stree-kee bay-kuhn] / ˈstri ki ˈbeɪ kən /

noun

  1. British. a form of bacon high in fat that is cut from the belly or sides of a pig, usually sliced thinly before being sold.


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Ocado also sells nitrite-free streaky bacon fromNorthamptonshire-based Houghton Hams and a nitrite-free prosciutto from Unearthed.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2018

David Lean's grimly black-and-white Oliver Twist, released in 1948, muffles the book's raw, coarse alternation of murder and mockery, which Dickens likened to the layers of meat and fat in a rasher of streaky bacon.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2011

Take some slices of streaky bacon, about five inches long, and heat them in a pan.

From The Belgian Cookbook by Various

Beefsteak with Bacon and Onions: Fry crisp a pound of streaky bacon, take up and keep warm.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha

"It can't be a merry-makin' either; for, when you come to think of it, folks don't feast off such things as streaky bacon."

From Major Vigoureux by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir