piggy bank

piggy bank

n.1. A child's coin bank shaped like a pig.2. A reserve of money; savings: "Washington is slipping back into one of its intermittent debates about whether it is time to raid the national piggy bank" (Matthew Wald).

piggy bank

n (Banking & Finance) a child's coin bank shaped like a pig with a slot for coins

pig′gy bank`

n. a small bank, usu. having the shape of a pig, provided with a slot to receive coins. [1940–45]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

piggy bank - a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)penny bankcoin bank, money box, savings bank, bank - a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"

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