bacon burger
- noun
- /ˈbeɪkən ˈbɜrɡər/
- If the gluttons and the glycemics would just stop eating duck fat French fries, triple bacon burgers, chocolate cheesecake, and move their asses off the couch, there wouldn't be a health care crisis.
- getting a bacon burger
Examples
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Oh, root beer float and a bacon burger...
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Can I get the chili cheese bacon burger?
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So we have a bacon burger from Kaya Bacon and then just add the Patty to that.
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It is their peanut butter bacon burger, which is another off menu item.
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I ordered a bacon burger with extra cheese and fries for lunch.
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The menu features a delicious bacon burger that everyone loves.
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For dinner, I will try the spicy bacon burger topped with jalapenos.
Synonyms
A cooked beef patty in a bun with toppings
A sandwich that has a cooked beef patty in a bun with toppings
A sandwich with a fried or grilled beef patty in a bun
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a hamburger that includes bacon' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bacon' (a cured pork product) with 'burger' (a sandwich with a patty); the first noun simply specifies the topping/ingredient of the second. This noun–noun compounding pattern is highly productive and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Bacon burger comes from the simple image of a burger topped with strips of bacon. That's why it means 'a hamburger that includes bacon'.