pork barrel

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noun Informal.

a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.

Origin of pork barrel

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

OTHER WORDS FROM pork barrel

pork-barrel, adjectivepork-bar·rel·ing, adjective, noun

Words nearby pork barrel

porina, porion, Porirua, porism, pork, pork barrel, pork-barreler, pork-barrel legislation, pork belly, porkchop, porkchopper

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Example sentences from the Web for pork barrel

The 2005 highway bill had more than three times the number of pork-barrel appropriations than its 1998 counterpart.
He's Back!|John Avlon|March 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Walking is very difficult in a dehar, and its wearer feels about as free to move as if enclosed in a pork-barrel.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life|Thomas Wallace Knox
You could see his ribs as plainly as the hoops on a pork-barrel.
Horses Nine|Sewell Ford
Most of our political slang-terms since the Civil War, from pork-barrel to steam-roller, have been their inventions.
The American Language|Henry L. Mencken

Plunder-bund is now at least as good as pork-barrel and slush-fund, and money-bund is frequently heard in Congress.
The American Language|Henry L. Mencken
We are necessarily forced to the conclusion, that by far the cheapest mode of wintering pigs is in the pork-barrel.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen

British Dictionary definitions for pork barrel

pork barrel

noun

slang, mainly US

a bill or project requiring considerable government spending in a locality to the benefit of the legislator's constituents
(as modifier)pork-barrel spending

Word Origin for pork barrel

C20: term originally applied to the Federal treasury considered as a source of lucrative grants

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Idioms and Phrases with pork barrel

pork barrel

Government funding of something that benefits a particular district, whose legislator thereby wins favor with local voters. For example, Our senator knows the value of the pork barrel. This expression alludes to the fatness of pork, equated with political largesse since the mid-1800s. [c. 1900]

单词	pork barrel
释义	pork barrel SEE SYNONYMS FOR pork barrel ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal. a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents. Origin of pork barrel An Americanism dating back to 1905–10 OTHER WORDS FROM pork barrel pork-barrel, adjectivepork-bar·rel·ing, adjective, noun Words nearby pork barrel porina, porion, Porirua, porism, pork, pork barrel, pork-barreler, pork-barrel legislation, pork belly, porkchop, porkchopper Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pork barrel The 2005 highway bill had more than three times the number of pork-barrel appropriations than its 1998 counterpart. He's Back!\|John Avlon\|March 8, 2009\|DAILY BEAST Walking is very difficult in a dehar, and its wearer feels about as free to move as if enclosed in a pork-barrel. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life\|Thomas Wallace Knox You could see his ribs as plainly as the hoops on a pork-barrel. Horses Nine\|Sewell Ford Most of our political slang-terms since the Civil War, from pork-barrel to steam-roller, have been their inventions. The American Language\|Henry L. Mencken Plunder-bund is now at least as good as pork-barrel and slush-fund, and money-bund is frequently heard in Congress. The American Language\|Henry L. Mencken We are necessarily forced to the conclusion, that by far the cheapest mode of wintering pigs is in the pork-barrel. Domestic Animals\|Richard L. Allen British Dictionary definitions for pork barrel pork barrel noun slang, mainly US a bill or project requiring considerable government spending in a locality to the benefit of the legislator's constituents (as modifier)pork-barrel spending Word Origin for pork barrel C20: term originally applied to the Federal treasury considered as a source of lucrative grants Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with pork barrel pork barrel Government funding of something that benefits a particular district, whose legislator thereby wins favor with local voters. For example, Our senator knows the value of the pork barrel. This expression alludes to the fatness of pork, equated with political largesse since the mid-1800s. [c. 1900] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to pork barrel melon, patronage, payola, perquisite, plum, back scratching, logrolling, perks, pork
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pork barrel

noun Informal.

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noun

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