porkchopper

/pawrk"chop'euhr, pohrk"-/, n. Informal.

1. a labor official put on the union payroll as a reward for past loyalty or services.

2. any legislator, political appointee, official, etc., who is primarily interested in personal gain or the perquisites of power.

[1945-50, Amer.; PORKCHOP + -ER¹; prob. from the use of "porkchop" as a metaphor for livelihood, esp. one acquired with little effort]

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