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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

Lindberg treated the insurance companies as a “personal piggy bank,” prosecutors alleged, using some of the diverted sums to finance an extravagant lifestyle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

So, of course, it’s not just that he’s arrogating the piggy bank to himself.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025

"I am not and will never allow myself to be a piggy bank for anyone to shake," he told reporters.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025

Millie tells us how she used the piggy bank she’s had since first grade to order a dress from Cindy’s.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Bonus: The toe is seamless, so there’s no bulky stitching to irritate your little piggies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024

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

“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

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

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