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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Italian bacon that has been cured in salt and spices and then air-dried.

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  • noun A cured belly or pork; bacon.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, diminutive of pancia, belly, from Latin pantex, pantic-.]

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Italian pancia ("belly")

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