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Synonyms for pork

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pawrk, pohrk
Phonetic Transcription : pɔrk, poʊrk

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Définition of pork

Origin :
  • c.1300 (early 13c. in surname Porkuiller), "flesh of a pig as food," from Old French porc "pig, swine, boar," and directly from Latin porcus "pig, tame swine," from PIE *porko- "young swine" (cf. Umbrian purka; Old Church Slavonic prase "young pig;" Lithuanian parsas "pig;" and Old English fearh, Middle Dutch varken, both from Proto-Germanic *farhaz).
  • Pork barrel in the literal sense is from 1801, American English; meaning "state's financial resources (available for distribution)" is attested from 1907 (in full, national pork barrel); it was noted as an expression of U.S. President President William Howard Taft:
  • "Now there is a proposition that we issue $500,000,000 or $1,000,000,000 of bonds for a waterway, and then that we just apportion part to the Mississippi and part to the Atlantic, a part to the Missouri and a part to the Ohio. I am opposed to it. I am opposed to it because it not only smells of the pork barrel, but it will be the pork barrel itself. Let every project stand on its bottom." ["The Outlook," Nov. 6, 1909, quoting Taft]
  • The magazine article that includes the quote opens with:
  • We doubt whether any one knows how or when, or from what application of what story, the phrase "the National pork barrel" has come into use. If not a very elegant simile, it is at least an expressive one, and suggests a graphic picture of Congressmen eager for local advantage going, one after another, to the National pork barrel to take away their slices for home consumption.
  • Pork in this sense is attested from 1862 (cf. figurative use of bacon). Pork chop is attested from 1858. Pork pie is from 1732; pork-pie hat (1855) originally described a woman's style popular c.1855-65, so called for its shape.
  • As in bacon : noun flitch
  • As in pork barrel : noun political patronage
Example sentences :
  • And, for the unaesthetic but effective Attila, an able fashioner of pork products from Chicago.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • (b) Why is the food value of pork higher than that of other meats?
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • We were out of pork and beef, and our fire-wood was nearly gone.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Pork steaks or chops should be taken from the neck, or the loin.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • The pork and the cabbage should be thoroughly done, and tender throughout.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • A leg of pork will require from three to four hours to roast.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Then place another layer of pork, and so on till the dish is full.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Debby was thinking of the pork, and the likelihood of its being properly diversified.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • She began to fry her pork and apples, with a perfunctory attempt at conversation.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • Then put in some bits of loin of pork cut into dice and some bits of lean ham.
  • Extract from : « The Cook's Decameron: A Study in Taste: » by Mrs. W. G. Waters
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