piggy

Example Sentences

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They include a teenage boy with a piggy bank full of videogame winnings, a young woman in need of a heart transplant, a cash-poor film producer and a mute priest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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

"Retail is being raided like a piggy bank and it's unacceptable."

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

She had small piggy eyes, a sunken mouth, and one of those white flabby faces that looked exactly as though it had been boiled.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl