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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:
1905–10, Americanism

Related forms:
pork-barrel, adjective
pork-bar⋅rel⋅ing, adjective, noun
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