Definitions

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

  • noun Salt pork.

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  • noun US Salted pork from the belly of a pig.

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  • noun salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass

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Examples

  • Dinky-Dunk ever to speak of it as "sowbelly" or even as a "slice of grunt" again.

    The Prairie Wife Arthur Stringer 1912

  • I shall never again eat meat that will taste as good as the fried "sowbelly" did then, accompanied by "flapjacks" and plenty of good, strong coffee.

    The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Leander Stillwell 1888

  • A surprised Bolivar watched the Irishmen put away sowbelly and beans.

    The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

  • “We starve if we wait for that,” Bolivar said, plunking a potful of sowbelly and beans down on the rough table.

    The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

  • “Better warm up the sowbelly and mash a few beans,” he said.

    The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

  • They had a little creek-bottom farm not far north of Pickles Gap, but the soil was poor and the family had little to eat but sowbelly and beans.

    The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

  • They had a little creek-bottom farm not far north of Pickles Gap, but the soil was poor and the family had little to eat but sowbelly and beans.

    Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985

  • A surprised Bolivar watched the Irishmen put away sowbelly and beans.

    Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985

  • “We starve if we wait for that,” Bolivar said, plunking a potful of sowbelly and beans down on the rough table.

    Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985

  • “Better warm up the sowbelly and mash a few beans,” he said.

    Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985

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