SLUSH FUND


Meaning of SLUSH FUND in English

noun

( disapproving ) a sum of money kept for illegal purposes, especially in politics

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: originally nautical slang denoting money collected to buy luxuries, from the sale of watery food known as slush .

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