pork
[ pawrk, pohrk ]
noun
the flesh of hogs used as food.
Informal. appropriations, appointments, etc., made by the government for political reasons rather than for public benefit, as for public buildings or river improvements.
Origin of pork
1Other words from pork
- porkish, porklike, adjective
- porkless, adjective
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How to use pork in a sentence
The result was that Americans were soon observing wheatless, meatless, and porkless days with great patriotic fervor.
Winning a Cause | John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood
British Dictionary definitions for pork
pork
/ (pɔːk) /
noun
the flesh of pigs used as food
Origin of pork
1C13: from Old French porc, from Latin porcus pig
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