the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food.

Also called white bacon. South Midland and Southern U.S. pork cured in brine; salt pork. ?

bring home the bacon

to provide for material needs; earn a living.

to accomplish a task; be successful or victorious

Our governor went to Washington to appeal for disaster relief and brought home the bacon

save one's bacon

Informal . to allow one to accomplish a desired end; spare one from injury or loss

Quick thinking saved our bacon.

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gammon , rasher , pork slab , porkbellies , pancetta , pork , sowbelly , flitch , loin , pig