Pork barrel
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Not to be confused with Pork belly.
Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to direct spending to a representative's district.
The usage originated in American English,[1] and it indicates a negotiated way of political particularism.