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pork barrel noun

  /ˈpɔːkˌbaɹəl/
  • (chiefly, US politics, often, attributively) State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters. [from 19th c.]
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