Thesaurus / pork-barrel
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synonyms for pork-barrel
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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pork-barrel, such as: back scratching, favors of office, logrolling, melon, patronage, and payola.
How to use pork-barrel in a sentence
"The perambulating pork-barrel thinks I am crazy," he mused, looking at the frock-coat.
THE LANDLOPERHOLMAN DAYSome nice bear steak would not go so badly just now, in the present state of our pantry and pork barrel.
THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN NEW ENGLANDFRANK GEE PATCHINOwn the pig—own the pig and watch him as he grows ripe for the pork barrel.
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY -- VOLUME 39, NO. 10, OCTOBER, 1885VARIOUSYet the rays of the afternoon sun rested with undiminished radiance on the empty pork-barrel in front of McMullin's shebang.
STORIES BY AMERICAN AUTHORS, VOLUME 1VARIOUSFor some reason a barrel that has once held beef will never do for a pork barrel, though the rule may be reversed with impunity.
PRAIRIE FARMER, VOL. 56: NO. 1, JANUARY 5, 1884.VARIOUSWalking is very difficult in a dehar, and its wearer feels about as free to move as if enclosed in a pork-barrel.
OVERLAND THROUGH ASIA; PICTURES OF SIBERIAN, CHINESE, AND TARTAR LIFETHOMAS WALLACE KNOXDe papers, Sah, had been hidden in a pork barrel on board de Nancy, an' de shark must ha' t'ought dey smelt good.
PLOTTING IN PIRATE SEASFRANCIS ROLT-WHEELERPlunder-bund is now at least as good as pork-barrel and slush-fund, and money-bund is frequently heard in Congress.
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGEHENRY L. MENCKENMost of our political slang-terms since the Civil War, from pork-barrel to steam-roller, have been their inventions.
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGEHENRY L. MENCKENBut still the old sounds could not be divorced from his ears; and the old salt-pork barrel was an unpardonable culprit.
SKOOKUM CHUCK FABLESSKOOKUM CHUCK (PSEUD FOR R.D. CUMMING)