I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
little
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As the little piggy said, when he built his house made out of bricks.
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It, too, concerns a lonely little piggy with a good heart.
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Thank goodness for sheep, thought the three little piggies as they trotted along in the sunshine.
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So far from going to market, these little piggies will be squealing all the way to very good homes.
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The three little piggies looked around the room.
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Once upon a time there were three little piggies .
■ NOUN
bank
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Her £290 million fortune would still leave plenty of room in Prince Albert's massive piggy bank of £1.7 billion.
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Get rid of your piggy banks , kids.
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Little children had brought their piggy banks , he said.
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The survey of 13 to 18-year-olds for Pearl Assurance said 40 percent had bank accounts while 18 percent had piggy banks.
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The children also collected small change from their piggy banks which they laid out on the school hall floor.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But perhaps the most famous piggy is a Muppet.
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It, too, concerns a lonely little piggy with a good heart.
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With a yawn and a groan the dark sow rolls over the sucking piggies.
II. adjective
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■ NOUN
bank
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A still-hot piggy bank that her husband had kept since he was a child.