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piggy bank definition

☆ piggy bank

any small savings bank, often one in the form of a pig, with a slot for receiving coins

Etymology: orig. ? < Scot pig, earthenware jar: form & meaning now infl. by pig

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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