piggy
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But they will be hurt if the company uses the U.S. shares as a piggy bank, and hurt even more if the premium falls because chip stocks in both Korea and the U.S. plunge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
These grants are often wasteful on their own, but they also make it easier for fraudsters to get their hands into the piggy bank.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 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
Higher prices for county-officiated civil wedding ceremonies and witness services may also force couples to break open their piggy banks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
He remembered the rank mane of bridles standing upright on its razor bed, one flash of a sour tush, the staring ribs, the head held low, and the red flame hum a piggy eye.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
“Oh, yes! He always finds what is lost! He has found piggies, and now he finds a great cauldron of wicked doings and brewings! Kind master will honor humble Gurgi!”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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 William John Locke
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 Frances Boyd Calhoun
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 Mrs. Humphry Ward
