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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal A little pig.

Wiktionary

  1. n. hypocoristic A pig (the animal).
  2. n. hypocoristic A guinea pig.
  3. n. hypocoristic, slang A toe.
  4. n. mildly derogatory A pig, a greedy person.
  5. n. derogatory, slang, UK A member of the police.
  6. adj. greedy
  7. adj. slovenly, dirty

Examples

  • “However, as I was shaping them, the doughs seem to have a mind of their own, and some decided they should be piggy and bears,some wanted to be a hybrid of piggy+ bears, and the rest, hybrid of dog + piggy...”

    Archive 2008-02-01

  • “I was never paid or offered a contract, so I assume that somehow I got lost in the shuffle and that piggy is free to go back to market.”

    Day in the Life of an Idiot

  • “As for Great Britain piggy-backing on American ideas.”

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 5, 2006

  • “These claims are sometimes called piggy back claims as the men "piggy back" on the successful women's claims.”

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

  • “This is what I call our piggy car," says she, "for we can never ask but one other person at a time.”

    Torchy As A Pa

  • “However, I do promote earphones, and you can see pictured above Mickey Mouse earbuds, but if that’s not quite your thing, can I interest you in piggy-shaped ones?”

    Paid beats free downloads to iPods

  • “But by 2006, the majority of second liens had become so-called piggy-back mortgages taken along with the first mortgage to fund down payments and avoid paying mortgage insurance.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Short Sales Still Hit Owners

  • “If you're making a down payment smaller than 20 percent of the purchase price, you'll have to buy mortgage insurance or else take a second loan (called a piggy-back).”

    Newsweek: Escape From The Money Pit

  • “I would never ever do what's called a piggy back loan.”

    CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2007

  • “Some have said that the civil rights movement gave rise to so called piggy-backed movements - women's rights, old people's rights, ethnic and immigrant rights, children's rights and a host of their human concerns.”

    Editorial

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  • tiggytig Is there anything cuter than a piggy?
    Yes probably.
    *sigh* Oct 22, 2008

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