Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The strip of fat from the upper part of a side of pork, usually dried and salt-cured.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A local United States name of the mullet.— 2. A local Anglo-American name of the menhaden.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The menhaden.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A layer of
fat , along theback of apig , used as a cut ofmeat or to makelard - noun A
fish , themenhaden .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun salt pork from the back of a hog carcass
Etymologies
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Examples
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Like fatback is a staple in green, black eyed peas and purple hulls
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Like fatback is a staple in green, black eyed peas and purple hulls
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Some offal is more straightforward in name, such as fatback (literally, back fat) and caul fat (a fatty membrane surrounding pig intestines).
We're Gaga for Guts! 2010
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Some offal is more straightforward in name, such as fatback (literally, back fat) and caul fat (a fatty membrane surrounding pig intestines).
We're Gaga for Guts! 2010
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Some offal is more straightforward in name, such as fatback (literally, back fat) and caul fat (a fatty membrane surrounding pig intestines).
We're Gaga for Guts! 2010
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Some offal is more straightforward in name, such as fatback (literally, back fat) and caul fat (a fatty membrane surrounding pig intestines).
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My ultimate recipe for feijoada includes smoked pork, linguiça sausage, fatback for flavor and dried beef, simmered in black beans for hours and topped off with sizzled garlic and onions.
The Feijoada From Ipanema Nani Power 2012
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We were fed a great feast of black-eyed peas with pieces of fatback and skillet bread.
Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011
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Before they ate their bit of fatback, they first scraped the newsprint off the rind.
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We were fed a great feast of black-eyed peas with pieces of fatback and skillet bread.
Eliza’s Freedom Road Jerdine Nolen 2011
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