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pork barrel
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pork barrel
n. Slang
A government project or appropriation that yields jobs or other benefits to a specific locale and patronage opportunities to its political representative.
[From pork barrel, barrel for storing pork, supply of money.]
pork barrel
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Slang chiefly US a bill or project requiring considerable government spending in a locality to the benefit of the legislator's constituents who live there
[term originally applied to the Federal treasury considered as a source of lucrative grants]
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Noun1.pork barrel - a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
pork
appropriation - money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
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