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pork
[pawrk, pohrk] 
–noun
| 1. | the flesh of hogs used as food. |
| 2. | Informal. appropriations, appointments, etc., made by the government for political reasons rather than for public benefit, as for public buildings or river improvements. |
Related forms:
porkish, porklike, adjective
porkless, adjective
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| pork (pôrk, pōrk) n.
[Middle English, from Old French porc, pig, from Latin porcus; see porko- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : pork
Spanish:
cerdo,
German:
das Schweinefleisch,
Japanese:
豚肉
pork (n.)
1215, "flesh of a pig as food," from L. porcus "pig, tame swine," from PIE *porko- "young swine" (cf. Umbrian purka; O.C.S. prase "young pig;" Lith. parsas "pig;" O.E. fearh, M.Du. varken, both from P.Gmc. *farhaz). Porker young hog fattened for food" is recorded from 1657; meaning "fat person" is from 1892. Pork chop is attested from 1858. Pork barrel "state's financial resources" is 1909, on notion of food supply kept in a barrel (lit. sense from 1801); the shortened form pork in this sense is attested from 1862. Pork-pie hat originally described a woman's style popular c.1855-65, so called for its shape.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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