How to pronounce lard

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What lard means

verb

Most people know lard in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To stuff a speech or piece of writing full of something

In a sentence: The speaker liked to lard his talks with jokes about his cat.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old French verb meaning to stuff meat with bacon, from lard, the French word for bacon. Later people used it for stuffing speech or writing.

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