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单词 pig bank
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pig bankn.

Brit. /ˈpɪɡ baŋk/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡ ˌbæŋk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pig n.1, bank n.3
Etymology: < pig n.1 + bank n.3With use in sense 2 compare discussion at piggy bank n.
1. Apparently: a bank which is supplied with gold or currency by a larger bank. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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).
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