单词 | pyne pig |
释义 | pyne pign. Scottish. Now rare. A pot or earthenware vessel (occasionally a container of tin or some other material) for storing money, esp. savings; a money box. Cf. penny-pig n. at penny n. Compounds 2, piggy bank n. 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 1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 79 Deliuerit be Dene Robert Hog, channoune of Halirudhous, to the Thesaurare, tauld in presens of the Chancellare, Lord Lile..in a pyne pig of tyn. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Pyne Pig, a vessel used for keeping money. 1881 J. Longmuir in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 2nd Ser. 45 [Why] keep your Savings' pyne-pig toom o' white or yellow? 1911 A. Warrack Sc. Dial. Dict. Pine-, Piner-pig, an earthenware money-box. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1488 |
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