| 单词 | money pot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoney pot money pot n. (a) an earthenware money box from which coins can be taken only by breaking the vessel; (b) a place in which money accumulates, a large sum of money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun] > for savings > small pottery pyne pig1488 penny-piga1646 money pot1681 pirlie1799 pig bank1902 piggy bank1913 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iv. §iv. 381 A Roman Money-Pot..fashion'd almost like a Pint Jug without a Neck. Closed at the top, and having a Notch on one side, as in a Christmas-Box. 1872 W. E. Webb Buffalo Land 193 Some future quarry~man might blast out an oyster-knife and money pot of quaint coins. 1946 New Yorker 11 May 35/1 All through his time on the edge of the moneypots of lower and the fleshpots of upper Manhattan, he remained a devout, abstemious, rigid young man. 1989 A. Lorenz Fighting Chance iv. 117 Vast money pots developed during the bull market, and as one observer noted: ‘I think they grew faster than their capacity to manage themselves.’ < as lemmas |
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