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Definition of Fatback
1. Noun. Salt pork from the back of a hog carcass.
Definition of Fatback
1. n. The menhaden.
Definition of Fatback
1. Noun. (American English) A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard ¹
2. Noun. A fish, the menhaden. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fatback
1. a marine fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fatback
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatback
Literary usage of Fatback
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Minimum Wages by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor (1919)
"These beans are now costing him 25 to 30 cents a quart,- and the fatback costs
him 40 cents a pound, which could have been purchased a few years ago for 17 ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"The menhaden (local " fatback") fishery is an important industry. Some attention
was paid during the past season to the breeding condition of the edible ..."
3. Down Home Healthy: Family Recipes of Black American Chefs by Leah Chase (1995)
"... of instead of instead of instead of instead of instead of instead of instead
of instead of High fat meat Neck bone Ham hocks and fatback Lard, butter, ..."
4. Where, When, and how to Catch Fish on the East Coast of Florida by William H. Gregg, John Gardner (1902)
"... fatback; POGY. Illustration. Page- 26. "BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS. 195 433 "Head,
3£; depth, 3. D. 19; A. 20; lateral line, 60 to 80; ventral plates, 20 + 12. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by University of North Carolina (1793-1962, Good Roads Institute, Chapel Hill, N.C., University of North Carolina (1793-1962), Chapel Hill Good Roads Institute, N.C (1912)
"Q. I understand you to say that others are fishing for the fatback ? A. Men from
Carteret, New Hanover come up, but they fish on the outside. ..."
6. Carolina Folk-plays by Frederick Henry Koch (1922)
"batter of cornbread, pours it into a pan on the stove, and after pouring some
water into a large coffee-pot, she begins to slice some "fatback. ..."
7. British Farmer's Magazine (1872)
"Buckskin, by fatback, was let to Mr. Crane for 60 guineas, and others sold at
30, 26, 20, and lower prices. Lord Ches- ham had fifteen shearlings ; one, ..."
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