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单词 macon
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maconn.2

Brit. /ˈmeɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmeɪkən/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mutton n., bacon n.
Etymology: < m- (in mutton n.) + -acon (in bacon n.).
British. Now historical.
During the Second World War (1939–45): mutton salted and smoked like bacon.
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1939 Daily Express 22 Nov. Macon has now been adapted by other newspapers as a name for mutton bacon. This is only the latest of many words and phrases originally coined in this office which have later been used generally.
1939 News Rev. 30 Nov. 15 Macon, the Scottish dish which may eke out any wartime shortage of bacon. Macon is mutton cured in the same way as bacon.
1968 Punch 7 Feb. 177/2 The Ministry of Food then stood in for Mrs. Beeton, instructing them how to..work wonders with such unlikely raw materials as macon (bacon made from mutton, children)..and..coelacanth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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