Pork-barrel - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpɔːrk bærəl|
Brit.
|ˈpɔːkˌbærəl|
noun
- (now rare) A barrel used to store pork. [from 18th c.]
- (chiefly US) A ready supply of income; one's livelihood. [from 19th c.]
- (politics, chiefly US) State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters. [from 19th c.]
- (chiefly US) A ready supply of income; one's livelihood. [from 19th c.]
- (politics, chiefly US) State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters. [from 19th c.]
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