porkmeister
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porkmeister (plural porkmeisters)
- (US politics, informal) A politician involved in "pork barrel" politics, using central funds for regional projects designed to appeal to voters.
- 2008 April 21, “The Road to Somewhere Shady”, in New York Times[1]:
- Representative Young is the porkmeister who championed the notorious Bridge to Nowhere.