Bacon or Lamb for example (8)
I believe the answer is:
essayist
'bacon or lamb' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'for example' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'for example' could be 'say' ('say' can be used to introduce an example) and 'say' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for essayist that I've seen before include "The venturer" , "Writer of short literary pieces" , "Writer of short compositions" , "Writer of shorter pieces" , "One who writes short pieces on given subject" .)