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 Definitions of pork barrel  [ɔrk, poʊrk]  

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Definition of 'pork barrel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pork barrel
a government appropriation, bill, or policy that supplies funds for local improvements designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents.

Etymology:  (1905–10, Amer.)

Definition of 'pork barrel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pork barrel, pork
a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

'pork barrel' - Nearby Entries  

po river  pork and beans  pork barrel  pork belly  pork butcher  pork-and-veal goulash  pork-barreling  



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