piggy bank

noun

: a coin bank often in the shape of a pig

Examples of piggy bank in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And then there’s the annual plowing of millions in DWP surplus dollars into the City Hall piggy bank, which convinces ratepayers they’re being fleeced. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Added to this, Whitehall has historically faced criticism for treating the armed forces as a budget piggy bank to be raided whenever public funds run short. — David Szondy july 01, New Atlas, 1 July 2026

Emilee Hackney is an eighth-generation Appalachian who grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia in a family so impoverished her parents occasionally raided her and her brother’s piggy banks to pay the mortgage and buy groceries. — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 28 June 2026

Seems like most of us better start stocking our piggy banks and reminding Congress that Social Security matters. — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for piggy bank

• antitank
• interbank
• riverbank
• banc
• blank
• clank
• crank
• dank
• drank
• flank
• franc
• hank

Kids Definition

piggy bank

noun

: a bank for coins often shaped like a pig