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PORK BARREL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
Synonyms:
pork; pork barrel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("pork barrel" is a kind of...):
appropriation (money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose)
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