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pork

UK/pɔːk/ US/poɹk/ common slang us

noun

1.

meat from a domestic hog or pig

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2.

a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents

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Origin

From Middle English pork, porc, via Anglo-Norman, from Old French porc (“swine, hog, pig; pork”), from Latin porcus (“domestic hog, pig”).

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  • barbecue pork
  • barbecued pork
  • belly pork
  • cut of pork
  • Dongpo pork
  • double-cooked pork
  • flossy pork
  • Huizeng pork

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