valfläsk — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pork noun Meat from a pig.
Senses
valfläsk is used for these senses in English:
- pork (US politics, slang, pejorative) Funding proposed or requested by a member of Congress for special interests or their constituency as opposed to the good of the country as a whole.
- pork barrel (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.]
pork — full definition
- noun Meat from a pig.
- noun Government spending or funding secured by a politician mainly to benefit their own district, rather than the country as a whole.