green belly
n.— «Green belly: Fresh pork that is the strip from the hog’s flank that will become bacon once it is cured and smoked.» —“Chicago Speak” by Anne Keegan Chicago Tribune Feb. 17, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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