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old Ned

old Ned noun: a kind of home-cured hog meat, particularly salt pork or bacon. Also the alternative letter-case form of Old Ned.

Noun

old Ned

  1. (US, dialectal) A kind of home-cured hog meat, particularly salt pork or bacon.

Proper noun capitalized: Old Ned

Old Ned

  1. (dated, euphemistic) The Devil.

Also used as

old Ned is also the alternative letter-case form of Old Ned.

Synonyms of old Ned

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Forms of old Ned

alternative formold Ned

Questions about old Ned

What does old Ned mean?
Old Ned means a kind of home-cured hog meat, particularly salt pork or bacon.
What part of speech is old Ned?
Old Ned can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near old Ned in the dictionary

  1. old money
  2. old moon
  3. old moons
  4. Old Mystic
  5. Old National Pronunciation
  6. old Ned
  7. old news
  8. Old Newton
  9. Old Newton with Dagworth
  10. Old Nichol
  11. Old Nick

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