piggy
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Rickles’ vocal turn as the sarcastic but devoted Mr. Potato Head along with John Ratzenberger’s wisecracking piggy bank Hamm gave the first three “Toy Story” movies a sharp edge that balanced their sentimentality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
As oil prices dropped and PdVSA became a piggy bank for Chávez’s pet projects, including the sale of chickens, oil production slumped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 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
That isn’t enough to sway the gladiatorial majority, which is mostly made up of men grinning at the fattening piggy bank suspended above them.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025
Lady Constance climbed on top of the end table and began squealing like a piggy; as you will recall, it was the second time that week.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Think about what piggies could achieve if they trained their little chompers on the city’s population of invasive plant species.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2023
These aren’t cute little cartoon piggies or E.B.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
The piggies start out as the bad guys, for example, and it feels like Little Red Riding Hood could, in fact, turn into the wolf at any turn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2018
Anatomist Nikos Solounias and colleagues found the long lost piggies.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 24, 2018
It would be nice to have his own little piggies skulking about in the bushes.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
You'll be richer if you paint them; the piggier they are, and the heavier the gold watch chains across their bellies, the richer you will be; but you'll be happier if you feed them.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John
My word, Helena, what a jolly place!—Why, this was the old school-room—I remember it perfectly—the piggiest, shabbiest old den.
From Helena by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
You 'bout the piggiest girl they is," said Jimmy, "all time got to eat up a poor old woman's pies.
From Miss Minerva and William Green Hill by Calhoun, Frances Boyd
