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lardon

[ lahr-dn ]

noun

  1. a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.

lardon

/ lɑːˈduːn; ˈlɑːdən /

noun

  1. a strip or cube of fat or bacon used in larding meat

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lardon1

1400–50; late Middle English lardun < Middle French lardon piece of pork, equivalent to lard lard + -on noun suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lardon1

C15: from Old French, from lard

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