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Pork barrel   /pɔrk bˈærəl/   Listen
Pork barrel

noun
1.
A legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.  Synonym: pork.





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"Pork barrel" Quotes from Famous Books



... improvements. Two points should be made clear in the allotting and administration of these projects—first, we are using the utmost care to choose labor-creating, quick-acting, useful projects, avoiding the smell of the pork barrel; and secondly, we are hoping that at least half of the money will come back to the government from projects which will pay for themselves over a ...
— The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Words linked to "Pork barrel" :   appropriation


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