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- noun Alternative form of
piggy bank .
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Examples
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Mrs Philocrites observes that this act of faithful stewardship is also a way to put the parish's money somewhere other than the Archdiocesan piggybank, which is still trying to cover millions of dollars in settlements with the victims of clergy sexual abuse.
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Mrs Philocrites observes that this act of faithful stewardship is also a way to put the parish's money somewhere other than the Archdiocesan piggybank, which is still trying to cover millions of dollars in settlements with the victims of clergy sexual abuse.
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Also putting rather large dents in my piggybank were a II+, and a IIe.
MacInTouch 2009
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One official described the lender as a "piggybank" for people with ties to the Karzai administration, citing the bank's numerous loans many made off-the-books to its shareholders and politically connected Afghans
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Sitting at the head of a wooden picnic table in his cabinet room, Brown called the redevelopment agencies a "piggybank" that the state needs to crack open to fund education and local services as California grapples with a $25.4-billion deficit over the next 18 months.
latimes.com - News 2011
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Sitting at the head of a wooden picnic table in his cabinet room, Brown called the redevelopment agencies a "piggybank" that the state needs to crack open to fund education and local services as California grapples with a $25.4-billion deficit over the next 18 months.
latimes.com - News 2011
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The state's biggest asset -- its $129 billion pension fund -- was turned into a "piggybank" for Morris, "political allies and other friends," Cuomo said.
IBTimes.com RSS Feed 2010
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He noted that one cannot allow Japan Post savings to be used as a 'piggybank' for the Gov't spending and it was proper for Japan Post to reduce investment in JGBs | | ECB Oct Bank lending survey highlighted that banks tightened credit standards less aggressively in Q3.
FXstreet.com 2009
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One of the things the committee already does is offer a “welcome basket” to new families that includes Shabbat candles, a tzedaka box a piggybank for charity, a gift certificate to a kosher bakery, and a bottle of kosher wine.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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More than one child at his school approached me, together with their parents, to give me change from their piggybank.
Vivian Glyck: Notes From Uganda: A Win, Win, Win for Kids! Vivian Glyck 2011
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