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PENNY BANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does penny bank mean? 

PENNY BANK (noun)
  The noun PENNY BANK has 1 sense:

1. a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)play

  Familiarity information: PENNY BANK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PENNY BANK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

penny bank; piggy bank

Hypernyms ("penny bank" is a kind of...):

bank; coin bank; money box; savings bank (a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home)


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