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pork

12 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. pork (noun)
  2. pork barrel (noun)
  3. pork-barreling (noun)
  4. pork belly (noun)
  5. pork butcher (noun)
  6. pork measles (noun plural but singular or plural in constructrion)
  7. fat pork (noun)
  8. hand of pork
  9. mess pork (noun)
  10. salt pork (noun)
  11. sea pork (noun)
  12. soft pork (noun)

pork

noun \ˈpȯrk\

Definition of PORK

1
: the fresh or salted flesh of swine when dressed for food
2
: government funds, jobs, or favors distributed by politicians to gain political advantage
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Examples of PORK

  1. We need to cut the pork out of the federal budget.

Origin of PORK

Middle English, from Anglo-French porc pig, from Latin porcus — more at farrow
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with PORK

cork, Cork, dork, fork, quark, stork, torque

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