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pork barrel

  • /ˈpɔːkˌbaɹəl/ UK

noun pork barrels · porkbarrel · pork-barrel

  1. archaic A barrel used to store pork.
  2. US A ready supply of income; one's livelihood.
  3. US, attributive, often 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. As the President said in his veto message, "It should also come as no surprise that over time the program has attained distinct flavor of pork barrel."

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noun funds assigned for local expenditure

Françaisassiette au beurre
DeutschKirchturmpolitik
Русскийказённый пирог kazjónnyj pirog

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@misc{pork_barrel_2026,
  title = {pork barrel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pork%20barrel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}