piggy bank
Example Sentences
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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 • Mar. 15, 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
That isn’t enough to sway the gladiatorial majority, which is mostly made up of men grinning at the fattening piggy bank suspended above them.
From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025
But many retailers have criticised the move, and on Sunday the boss of M&S, Stuart Machin, said retailers were being "raided like a piggy bank" given the changes to various taxes.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025
Before she went to baby-sit again, Shirley secretly substituted buttons for the coins in the piggy bank.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
