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something for a rainy day

NOUN
nest egg
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cache reserve fund savings savings account stash stockpile
WEAK
backup emergency funds funds investment life savings mad money means money in the bank piggy bank provisions rainy day fund reserve reserves resources sinking fund something to fall back on unexpended balance

Example Sentences

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This was insurance, something for a rainy day.

From Time Magazine Archive

They live within their means, and lay by something for a rainy day.

From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel

He knew that Dan was a thrifty lad in spite of his laziness, and that he believed in laying by something for a rainy day.

From The Boy Trapper by Castlemon, Harry

Parochial affairs presented this extraordinary condition of things that for the industrious, thrifty man who was desirous of laying up something for a rainy day, there was no hope!

From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Kingston, Alfred

Vast campaigns of education were undertaken, and the rich implored the poor to lay aside something for a rainy day.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry