piggy

Example Sentences

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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

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

"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

But Mara obviously internalized what he said: When we got home, she opened her piggy bank, which held her income from recent babysitting jobs, to see if she could scrape together the 50 bucks.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024

Bobby Gene and I pulled our piggy banks from their side-by-side spots on top of our bookcase.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon