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pork
noun
-
pork
the
meat
that
comes
from
a
pig
and
is
eaten
as
food
•
For
Sunday
dinner
,
Maria
served
roast
pork
with
crispy
crackling
.
For
Sunday
dinner
,
Maria
served
roast
pork
with
crispy
crackling
.
•
The
chef
recommended
marinating
the
pork
overnight
for
better
flavor
.
The
chef
recommended
marinating
the
pork
overnight
for
better
flavor
.
Middle
English
from
Old
French
‘
porc
’,
from
Latin
‘
porcus
’
meaning
‘
pig
’.
noun
-
pork
informal
government
money
or
projects
given
to
a
politician
’
s
own
area
to
win
favor
rather
than
to
solve
important
problems
•
Voters
are
tired
of
lawmakers
stuffing
bills
with
pork
.
Voters
are
tired
of
lawmakers
stuffing
bills
with
pork
.
•
She
campaigned
on
a
promise
to
cut
pork
from
the
federal
budget
.
She
campaigned
on
a
promise
to
cut
pork
from
the
federal
budget
.
19th-century
American
political
slang
,
likening
local
spending
to
the
distribution
of
salt
pork
to
enslaved
people
in
the
antebellum
South
.
