Canadian bacon
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- noun
- /kəˈneɪdiən ˈbeɪkən/
- US
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tocino canadiense
- "Jamon," he expands, pronouncing the "j" like a breathy "h." "Back home," he continues in the same vein, "we call it Canadian bacon."
- slice of Canadian bacon
- eggs and Canadian bacon
- Canadian bacon and pineapple
Examples
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"I like Canadian bacon."
Fiction book (2001) -
Canadian bacon and pineapple?
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What is that, Canadian bacon?
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I think Canadian bacon is better myself.
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-And don't forget the Canadian bacon.
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Canadian bacon.
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Canadian bacon
Academic text (1998) -
I'd like two eggs over easy, hash browns, Canadian bacon...
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Pepperoni, sausage, Canadian bacon...
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For breakfast, I enjoyed a classic Eggs Benedict topped with Canadian bacon and hollandaise sauce.
Synonyms
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Thin, salty slices of meat from a pig usually fried for breakfast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'Canadian bacon' is directly compositional: 'Canadian' modifies 'bacon' to indicate a variety or origin, so a learner who knows both words will understand it denotes a type of bacon associated with Canada. The precise culinary detail (that it’s from pork loin and leaner) is specialized knowledge but not required to infer that it is a kind of bacon.
Etymology
Canadian bacon may come from how people in Canada cut and sell this meat: they slice bacon from the pig's back, not the fatty belly, so the pieces are round and lean. So Americans used the country name 'Canadian' to mean the 'lean, round' kind of bacon, and today Canadian bacon means that lean, round style of bacon.