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Definition of fatback
: the strip of fat from the back of a hog carcass usually cured by drying and salting
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Tongue brisket pork loin pancetta beef filet mignon corned beef pork fatback strip steak doner shank tail.
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Zuckerman says the diet was likely mostly cheap corn, with some fatback and molasses.
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First Known Use of fatback
1903
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