bacon

  • 11bacon — early 14c., meat from the back and sides of a pig (originally either fresh or cured, but especially cured), from O.Fr. bacon, from P.Gmc. *bakkon back meat (Cf. O.H.G. bahho, O.Du. baken bacon ). Slang phrase bring home the bacon first recorded… …

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  • 12Bacon — (spr. bēkn, Baco), 1) Roger, Mönch, geb. 1214 zu Ilchester in der Grafschaft Somerset, gest. 11. Juni 1294 (1292) in Oxford, studierte in Oxford, erhielt in Paris die theologische Doktorwürde, kehrte 1240 nach Oxford zurück, trat in den… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 13BACON (H.) — BACON HENRY (1866 1924) Architecte nord américain. Bacon est sans contredit le meilleur représentant du courant néo classique ayant resurgi aux États Unis à la fin du XIXe et au début du XXe siècle. La pureté de son style néo grec renoue avec la… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 14Bacon — Bacon, Francis (1909 92) an Irish artist who is famous for painting people and animals in twisted shapes with dark, strong colours Bacon 2 Bacon, Sir Francis (1561 1626) an English politician, ↑philosopher, and writer …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15bacon — (del inglés; pronunciamos bacon o beicon bacon o beicon ) sustantivo masculino 1. Beicon …

    Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • 16bacon — ► NOUN ▪ salted or smoked meat from the back or sides of a pig. ● bring home the bacon Cf. ↑bring home the bacon ORIGIN Old French …

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  • 17bacon — [bā′kən] n. [ME & OFr < OS baco, side of bacon; akin to OHG bahho,BACK1] salted and smoked meat from the back or sides of a hog: see PORK bring home the bacon Informal 1. to earn a living 2. to succeed; win …

    English World dictionary

  • 18Bacon's — was a chain of department stores based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company was part of Ohio based Mercantile Stores Company. Mercantile was acquired by Dillard s in 1998 and the Bacon s name was retired …

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  • 19Bacon — Le nom de famille est porté dans le Calvados, le Pas de Calais, en Bretagne (29, 56, variante : Baccon), ainsi que dans la Lozère et la Haute Loire. On peut hésiter entre un marchand de lard, de porc salé, et un nom de personne germanique, Bacco… …

    Noms de famille

  • 20bacon — bacon, bacón → beicon …

    Diccionario panhispánico de dudas