pork
Americannoun
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the flesh of hogs used as food.
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Informal. appropriations, appointments, etc., made by the government for political reasons rather than for public benefit, as for public buildings or river improvements.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of pork
1250–1300; Middle English porc < Old French < Latin porcus hog, pig; cognate with farrow 1
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Animal welfare was one of the main themes of the debates leading up to Denmark's March parliamentary elections, in a country known for its extensive pig farming and pork exports.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
"Life isn't all a calm river, it's complicated, but we grit our teeth and we work," she tells me leaning over shelves of butchered pork.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The analysis included a broad range of red meats, such as beef, lamb, pork, rabbit, goat, and game.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
“Deep food acculturation meant that Jewish and Muslim diets were often indistinguishable” which still include prohibitions on pork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
They hired a PhD student from the statistics department at the University of California at Berkeley to help them, but he quit after they asked him to study the market for pork belly futures.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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