piggy
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And then there’s the annual plowing of millions in DWP surplus dollars into the City Hall piggy bank, which convinces ratepayers they’re being fleeced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
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
So, of course, it’s not just that he’s arrogating the piggy bank to himself.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 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
“Here Pita, have a piggy. It’s delicious,” Cecilia said, picking up the front end of a piggy and waving it in front of the girls while she made cute little snorting noises.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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
Anatomist Nikos Solounias and colleagues found the long lost piggies.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 24, 2018
In such a context, even the piggies, walruses and octopus wouldn't seem half bad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2014
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
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
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.
