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Examples of piggy bank in a Sentence
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Sacrificing public safety positions has become a ‘piggy bank’ to pay for expansion elsewhere.
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Tim Gardner, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
The bill would further penalize a pool of NYC motorists who the city essentially looks at as a piggy bank.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2024
The news about Brown’s guilty plea spread quickly among rank-and-file members late Thursday afternoon, many who have alleged for years that Jones was treating union funds as his private piggy bank.
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Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
And hey, if Mom’s lucky, maybe another caregiver will help pad the piggy bank so the kids can afford a little bit more.
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Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1917, in the meaning defined above
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“Piggy bank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piggy%20bank. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
piggy bank
noun
: a bank for coins often shaped like a pig
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