1. bacon - Noun
2. Bacon - Proper noun
The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also stood in front of those same paintings with people who've said, 'let's get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.' I have lingered, of course. Clive Barker
I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do. Lucian Freud
The most powerful presentations were based on legal precedents, especially Calvin's Case (1608), which, it was claimed, proved on the authority of Coke and Bacon that subjects of the King are by no means necessarily subjects of Parliament. Bernard Bailyn
Do not let the cat watch over the bacon. Persian Proverb
Honor goes to God; the priests get the bacon. Russian Proverb
When you can't get meat, chickens and bacon are good. Spanish Proverb