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pork barrel

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Informal government appropriations for political patronage, as for local improvements to please legislators' constituents

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pork-barreling noun

See pork barrel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang

A government project or appropriation that yields jobs or other benefits to a specific locale and patronage opportunities to its political representative.

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Origin: From pork barrel, barrel for storing pork, supply of money

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