Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BA'CON
BA'CON, n. [ba'kn; W. baccum; Ir. bogun. In old charters, boca. Cowel. In Ger. bache, is a wild sow.]
Hog's flesh salted or pickled and dried, usually in smoke. To save one's bacon, is to preserve one's self from harm.
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