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pork barrel (American, informal)
the action by a government of spending money in an area in order to make themselves more popular with the people there. He was critical of these new, expensive job programs as just a form of pork barrel.
See also: barrel

pork-barrel (American, informal)

pork barrel - the action by a government of spending money in an area in order to make themselves more popular with the people there. The President needs to find a way to block these wasteful pork-barrel projects coming from Congress. (always before noun)

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