Bring Home the Bacon

What it means

Earn the money that keeps a household going, or deliver the result everyone wanted.

Where it comes from

The phrase was made famous in 1906 by the mother of the boxer Joe Gans, who telegrammed her son to bring home the bacon before a title fight. He won, and wired back that he had.

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The puzzle it came from

Bring Home the Bacon was the answer to the Phrasicle of April 29, 2025. The clue read Bring ____ the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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