Definitions for piggy bank
piggy bank

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. piggy bank, penny banknoun

   a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. piggy banknoun

   A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, to store small saved coins in. Often the "bank" must be broken open to retrieve the contents.

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1. Piggy bank

   Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank or money box) is the traditional name of a coin container normally used by children. The piggy bank is known to collectors as a "still bank" as opposed to the "mechanical banks" popular in the early 20th century. These items are also often used by companies for promotional purposes. The use of the name 'piggy bank' gave rise to its widely recognized 'pig' shape, and many financial service companies use piggy banks as logos for their savings products. Piggy banks are usually made of ceramic or porcelain. They are generally painted and serve as a pedagogical device to teach the rudiments of thrift and saving to children; money can be easily inserted. Many piggy banks have a rubber plug located on the underside; others are made of vinyl and have a removable nose for easy coin access. Some incorporate electronic systems which calculate the amount of money deposited. Some piggy banks do not have an opening besides the slot for inserting coins, which will lead to smashing the piggy bank with a hammer or by other means, to obtain the money within.

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1. piggy bank

   A piggy bank is a container often shaped like a pig, used for saving and storing coins and sometimes paper money. It is a tool primarily used to teach the concept of saving, especially to children. The container usually has a slot on the back or on the top where the money is inserted, and is often emptied through a removable stopper or through breaking the bank.

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1. Piggy bank

   Piggy bank is the traditional name of a coin container; usually used by children. The piggy bank is known to collectors as a "still bank" as opposed to the "mechanical banks" popular in the early 20th century. These items are also often used by corporations for promotional purposes. Their shape is most often that of a little pig and many financial services companies use piggy banks as logos for their savings products. Piggy banks are typically made of ceramic or porcelain, and therefore are also known as porcelain pigs. They are generally painted and serve as a pedagogical device to teach the rudiments of thrift and savings to children; money can be easily inserted. Many piggy banks have a rubber plug located on the underside; others are made of vinyl and have a removable nose for easy coin access. Some incorporate electronic systems which calculate the amount of money deposited. Books, film, and other dramas often portray piggy banks that have no opening besides the slot for inserting. A character is shown smashing the ceramic bank. It shows how earnest the character is, that they are willing to destroy the bank forever and use the funds.

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How to pronounce piggy bank?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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How to say piggy bank in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of piggy bank in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of piggy bank in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of piggy bank in a Sentence

1. Jim Melville:

   For the President to say the EU was' set up to take advantage of the United States, to attack our piggy bank,' or that' NATO is as bad as NAFTA' is not only factually wrong, but proves to me that it's time to go.

2. President Trump:

   The trade stuff is coming along, just starting, but it’s going to happen because, you know, we’re the piggy bank that everybody likes to rob from.

3. New York:

   The federal government is hell-bent on using New York as a piggy bank to pay for corporate tax cuts and I will not stand for it.

4. Donald Trump:

   It's going to change, tariffs will come way down. We're like the piggy bank that everybody is robbing and that ends.

5. White House:

   What the president is going to do is go into these meetings with the mindset to protect the American people, stand with our partners and allies - but as he has said many times before America is thought so often to be the world's piggy bank. And that's gotta stop.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=piggy bank
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Piggy_Bank
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggy_Bank
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=piggy bank