piggy

Example Sentences

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They include a teenage boy with a piggy bank full of videogame winnings, a young woman in need of a heart transplant, a cash-poor film producer and a mute priest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The county piggy bank is not being raided, although public bonds still represent a subsidy and the assumption of some public risk.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

But many retailers have criticised the move, and on Sunday the boss of M&S, Stuart Machin, said retailers were being "raided like a piggy bank" given the changes to various taxes.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

“He treated that client trust account like a personal piggy bank,” Paetty said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

Sitting at my desk, I removed the stopper from the base of my Einstein-in-a-lab-coat piggy bank.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas