piggy
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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
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
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
“Root around. Scratch your piggy behind on the wall. I have to have something to tell Maria.”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
Think about what piggies could achieve if they trained their little chompers on the city’s population of invasive plant species.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2023
These aren’t cute little cartoon piggies or E.B.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
I guarantee when the hungry guests arrive, these piggies will not make it to market because as soon as you turn your back, the dish will be empty.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021
The piggies start out as the bad guys, for example, and it feels like Little Red Riding Hood could, in fact, turn into the wolf at any turn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2018
It would be nice to have his own little piggies skulking about in the bushes.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
You'll be richer if you paint them; the piggier they are, and the heavier the gold watch chains across their bellies, the richer you will be; but you'll be happier if you feed them.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by William John Locke
My word, Helena, what a jolly place!—Why, this was the old school-room—I remember it perfectly—the piggiest, shabbiest old den.
From Helena by Mrs. Humphry Ward
You 'bout the piggiest girl they is," said Jimmy, "all time got to eat up a poor old woman's pies.
From Miss Minerva and William Green Hill by Frances Boyd Calhoun
