"Canadian bacon" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Canadian + bacon; so named because the product was first imported to the United States from Canada. Etymology templates: {{com|en|Canadian|bacon}} Canadian + bacon Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Canadian bacon (uncountable)
  1. (US) Cured pork made only from the loin, with no belly meat, and sold in lean medallions. Tags: US, uncountable Synonyms: back bacon, Irish bacon Hypernyms: bacon, pork, meat, food, substance, material, stuff Coordinate_terms: bacon, ham
    Sense id: en-Canadian_bacon-en-noun-en:medallion_only_subset_of_Q4839219 Categories (other): American English
  2. (humorous, uncommon) Canadian police officers. Tags: humorous, uncommon, uncountable Hypernyms: pig, police officer, police, LEO, officer, persons, people
    Sense id: en-Canadian_bacon-en-noun-en:Canadian_only_subset_of_Q384593 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Canada, Law enforcement, Meats Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Canada: 30 70 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 17 83 Disambiguation of Meats: 36 64
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