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pork barrel
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pork barrel has 1 sense
- pork barrel(n = noun.possession) pork - a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents; Array is a kind of appropriation
THESAURUS
pork barrel
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