piggy bank

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).

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piggy bank

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

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pig′gy bank`

a small bank, usu. having the shape of a pig, provided with a slot to receive coins.

[1940–45]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

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

penny bank

coin 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"

Translations

SparschweinGeldtopf

alcancía chanchito hucha

säästöpossu

tirelire

malacpersely

spaarpot spaarvarken

piggy bank

n → Sparschwein nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

piggy bank

[ˈpɪgɪˌbæŋk] n → salvadanaio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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