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pork

  [pawrk, pohrk]
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–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME porc < OF < L porcus hog, pig; c. farrow 1

Related forms:
porkish, porklike, adjective
porkless, adjective
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pork   (pôrk, pōrk)   
n.  

  1. The flesh of a pig or hog used as food.

  2. Government funds, appointments, or benefits dispensed or legislated by politicians to gain favor with their constituents: "However much [the voters] may distrust Congress and dislike pork, the advantages of being represented by an incumbent with seniority are hard to deny" (Richard Lacayo).

intr.v.   porked, pork·ing, porks Slang

  1. To eat ravenously; gorge oneself. Used with out.

  2. To become fat. Used with out.


[Middle English, from Old French porc, pig, from Latin porcus; see porko- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
pork

  1. n.
    the police in general; a pig. (Underworld.) : Keep an eye out for the pork.
  2. tv. & in.
    to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.) : They pork all the time, just like bunnies.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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