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–noun South Midland and Southern U.S.
bacon (def. 2).
Origin:
1935–40
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ba⋅con

  [bey-kuhn]
–noun
1. the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.
2. Also called white bacon. South Midland and Southern U.S. pork cured in brine; salt pork.
—Idioms
3. bring home the bacon,
a. to provide for material needs; earn a living.
b. to accomplish a task; be successful or victorious: Our governor went to Washington to appeal for disaster relief and brought home the bacon—$40 million.
4. save one's bacon, Informal. to allow one to accomplish a desired end; spare one from injury or loss: Quick thinking saved our bacon.
Origin:
1300–50; ME bacoun < AF; OF bacon < Gmc *bakōn- (OHG bacho back, ham, bacon) deriv. of *baka- back 1 ; cf. MD bake bacon
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bacon

  1. n.
    the police; a police officer. (See also pig.) : Keep an eye out for the bacon.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bacon 
c.1330, "meat from the back and sides of a pig" (originally either fresh or cured), from O.Fr. bacon, from P.Gmc. *bakkon "back meat" (cf. O.H.G. bahho, O.Du. baken "bacon"). Slang phrase bring home the bacon first recorded 1908.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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