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Definition of Baconer
1. a pig suitable for bacon [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baconer
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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