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Taylor ham

Taylor ham noun: pork roll.

Noun

Taylor ham (uncountable)

  1. (New-Jersey, North, US) pork roll

Origin of Taylor ham

From "Taylor's Prepared Ham", the original name of "Taylor Pork Roll" until John Taylor was forced to change it under the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 for not meeting the legal definition of ham.

Questions about Taylor ham

What does Taylor ham mean?
Taylor ham means pork roll.
What part of speech is Taylor ham?
Taylor ham is a noun.

Words near Taylor ham in the dictionary

  1. Taylor Bay
  2. Taylor column
  3. Taylor columns
  4. Taylor County
  5. Taylor expansion
  6. Taylor ham
  7. Taylor polynomial
  8. Taylor polynomials
  9. Taylor series
  10. Taylor's polynomial
  11. Taylor's polynomials

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