Porkopŏlis (engl., von pork, Schweinefleisch, also »Schweinefleischstadt«), in frühern Jahrzehnten, als Cincinnati Mittelpunkt der nordamerikanischen Versandschlächterei war, Spitzname dieser Stadt, in der Gegenwart mehr auf Chicago, Omaha und Kansas City passend.
http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.
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