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Definition of Sowbelly
1. Noun. Salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass.
Definition of Sowbelly
1. Noun. (American English) Salted pork from the belly of a pig. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sowbelly
1. pork cured in salt [n -LIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sowbelly
Literary usage of Sowbelly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the 72d Indiana Volunteer Infantry of the Mounted Lightning by Benjamin F. McGee (1882)
""sowbelly!" "sowbelly!" and it is no fancy sketch to think we see our commissary
going to bed after listening to this most euphonious expression for 24 ..."
2. Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's by Charles Wright Wills (1906)
"While we were resting to-day, Osterhaus (at present commanding our corps) rode
by our regiment and a few scamps hollowed "sowbelly, sowbelly. ..."
3. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister (1904)
"I only know that when I took a meal elsewhere, I was likely to find nothing but
the eternal "sowbelly," beans, and coffee; while at Sunk Creek the omelet ..."
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