P: Pork Barrel: Wiktionary: Wandering Wikis: Moribund Institute
Channel: Wandering Wikis [See: Moribund Inst.]
Date: 2022-09-11

Pork Barrel
1. (now rare) A barrel used to store pork. [from 18th c.]
2. (chiefly US) A ready supply of income; one's livelihood. [from 19th c.]
3. (chiefly US politics, often attributively) State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters. [from 19th c.] 

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