Last to accept pickled ham (5)

I believe the answer is:
thigh
'ham' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'last to accept pickled' is the wordplay.
'last to' suggests the final letters.
'pickled' becomes 'high' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The final letter of 'accept' is 't'.
't'+'high'='THIGH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thigh that I've seen before include "Leg between knee and hip" , "Upper part of the leg" , "This bone is the femur" , "Joint of meat" , "top of pin" .)
