pork barrel (English, noun)
expansion: pork barrel (plural pork barrels)
Senses:
glosses: A barrel used to store pork.
tags: archaic
glosses: A ready supply of income; one's livelihood.
tags: US
topics: government
politics
glosses: 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.
tags: US
attributive
often
Forms:
form: pork barrels
tags: plural
form: porkbarrel
tags: alternative
form: pork-barrel
tags: alternative