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Definition of Fatbacks
1. fatback [n] - See also: fatback
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatbacks
Literary usage of Fatbacks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture During the 2d Session of the by Committee on agriculture, United States, Congress, House (1910)
"I tried that once with some musty fatbacks that were shipped in at Chicago as a
matter of ... fatbacks from the hog. They came in, and they were old ..."
2. Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South by South Carolina (1921)
"It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to fish for or catch
any mullets, menhaden, fatbacks, or any other kind or class of fish within the ..."
3. Meat-packer Legislation: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House by United States Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture (1920)
"New York items are indicated (XY) after the article. Weighted average decline of
products, 20.6 per cent. Fresh hams; salted butts; fatbacks, 10-12 pounds; ..."
4. Text-book of Meat Hygiene: With Special Consideration to Ante-mortem and by Richard Heinrich Edelmann, John Robbins Mohler (1908)
"... however, in accordance with the specific definition above, should not be
considered from the meat inspection standpoint, with the exception of fatbacks, ..."
5. Old Paths and Legends of New England: Saunterings Over Historic Roads, with by Katharine Mixer Abbott (1908)
"... and fatbacks in Virginia. Captain Daniel Church, whose house was the headquarters
of General Greene, is an authority on the fisheries of the ..."
6. Proceedings of the Good Roads Institute, Held at the University of North by Good Roads Institute, Chapel Hill, N.C., University of North Carolina (1793-1962, University of North Carolina (1793-1962), Chapel Hill Good Roads Institute, N.C (1897)
"... of said county—or if the master or any employee on any steamboats engaged in
fishing for menhaden or fatbacks shall discharge from said boat fish offal, ..."
7. 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. Where do they catch these menhaden or fatbacks? A. Catch them in the ocean.
Q. Where are they shipped to? A. Some are shipped to a factory on the Cape ..."
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