piggy

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

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

"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