单词 | pig bank |
释义 | pig bankn.ΚΠ 1825 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 9 July 69/1 In case of the Sow Bank's inability to pay in gold and to supply the Pig Banks with gold to pay in. 1833 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 23 Mar. 708/2 The pig-banks must be protected as well as the sow-bank. 2. U.S. = piggy bank n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun] > for savings > small pottery pyne pig1488 penny-piga1646 money pot1681 pirlie1799 pig bank1902 piggy bank1913 1902 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Jan. 329/1 Their clay pig banks—bulky-bodied beasts, furnished with abdominal slits—were empty and echoless. 1910 Salt Lake Tribune 26 Apr. 16/4 One day she got a china pig bank. 1938 Life 11 Apr. 2/3 I began this nefarious practice of robbing my pig bank..at the ripe old age of 6. 1947 Billboard 16 Aug. 139/1 Pig bank..has a plastic ‘window’ on its back so that coins deposited may be seen. 2007 K. Husfloen Antiques & Collectibles 2008 Price Guide 24/2 (caption) Pottery Pig Bank with Mottled Decoration. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825 |
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