Monday Mind Game

I can sizzle like bacon,

I am made with an egg,

I have plenty of backbone, 

  but lack a good leg,

I peel layers like onions, 

  but still remain whole,

I can be long, like a flagpole, 

  yet fit in a hole,

What am I?

Give up?

Drag your cursor between the asterisks for the answer

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A snake

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