Definition of Baconer

1. Noun. A pig raised to produce bacon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Baconer

1. a pig suitable for bacon [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baconer

bacmid
bacmids
bacne
bacnes
bacon
bacon-faced
bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
bacon and cabbage
bacon and eggs
bacon fed
bacon rind
bacon strip
baconburger
baconburgers
baconed
baconer (current term)
baconers
baconless
baconlike
bacons
bacony
bacopa
bacopas
bacronym
bacronyms
bacs
bactenecin
bacteraemia
bacteraemias
bacteremia

Literary usage of Baconer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cottager's Calendar of Garden Operations by Joseph Paxton (1851)
"Peas or Barley-meal ia the best food ; the former certainly for a baconer, but the latter does its work quicker ; and with every mess afterwards salt should ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"baconer. A pig kept for bacon.—-Modern Husbandman, I. i. 25. Bag up. See Mow and bag up. [To put into sacks for carrying away: in the north of England sacks ..."

3. The Intellectual Observer (1864)
"... face with these negroes, all their moist snouts thrust forward, and the old baconer in advance, all eager to see and smell the botanists and the prizes. ..."

4. Peter Parley's Annual. by William Martin (1864)
"Jack suggested the plan of running off with the hog while the bear was watching the fire; but Jim, his fellow "baconer," said he would much rather go and ..."

5. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"•^baconer. A pig kept for bacon.—Modern Husbandman, IL 25. . Bag np. See Mow and bag up. [To put into sacks for carrying away: in the north of England sacks ..."

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