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How to pronounce “pork barrel

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(now rare) A barrel used to store pork. [from 18th c.]

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Meaning

  • [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.]
  • (chiefly US politics, often attributively) 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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