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

My makeshift piggy bank has arrived in the nick of time.

From Literature

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

King Barf looked down at me, and his piggy eyes narrowed on the gold I still clutched in my hands.

From Literature

Well, in the 40 years of covering presidents, not one of them ever called a reporter “piggy” before.

From Salon