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Bring home the bacon: Meaning to go out and earn a living for the family; from a 10thcentury couple in Great Dunmow, Essex, whose devotion so impressed the mayor that he awarded them a flitch of bacon.
Bring home the bacon: Meaning to go out and earn a living for the family; from a 10thcentury couple in Great Dunmow, Essex, whose devotion so impressed the mayor that he awarded them a flitch of bacon.