piggy bank

noun

: a coin bank often in the shape of a pig

Examples of piggy bank in a Sentence

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Inside each piggy bank, winners will find: A $1,000 flight voucher, enough for four Frontier roundtrip flights. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024 Winners will receive the same prizes as those found in the piggy banks. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024 Here's how Stocks that could move, the biggest donors, jobs for Jamie Dimon and Elon Musk: Election news roundup Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has enough cash to buy Target, Starbucks, and Nike Berkshire Hathaway has a massive piggy bank. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024 Those investors had been focusing heavily on cash flow because the company broke open its piggy bank a few times this year. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for piggy bank 

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of piggy bank was in 1917

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“Piggy bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piggy%20bank. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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piggy bank

noun
: a bank for coins often shaped like a pig
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