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  • noun A pig raised to produce bacon.

Etymologies

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bacon +‎ -er

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  • As a singular, it can be replaced by either of two very common words, hog and pig, as well as by the less well known, but equally proper, baconer (chiefly British usage), and porker.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 2 1978

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