piggy bank
Example Sentences
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These grants are often wasteful on their own, but they also make it easier for fraudsters to get their hands into the piggy bank.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
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
So, of course, it’s not just that he’s arrogating the piggy bank to himself.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025
"Retail is being raided like a piggy bank and it's unacceptable."
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025
He bent down carefully, as if the floor beneath him could shift at any moment, picked up our ravaged piggy bank, and turned it over in his hands.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
