Synonyms for bring home the bacon

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bey-kuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbeɪ kən

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Définition of bring home the bacon

Origin :

• early 14c., "meat from the back and sides of a pig" (originally either fresh or cured, but especially cured), from Old French bacon, from Proto-Germanic *bakkon "back meat" (cf. Old High German bahho, Old Dutch baken "bacon"). Slang phrase bring home the bacon first recorded 1908; bacon formerly being the staple meat of the working class.

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