political handouts, use of funds by the government for projects intended to win votes; jobs and distributed by the government to gain political advantage and not for public advantage; barrel in which pork is kept; (figuratively) "bread and butter, livelihood, source of income
PORK BARREL
Meaning of PORK BARREL in English
Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012