Antedating of "Piggy Bank"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Surely "piggy" began to replace "pig" as soon as little children began to
talk about them.

I can recall the derivation from "pygg" being alleged by the great Robert
Ripley in one of his Believe It or Not!! cartoons back during the youth of
the world.



JL

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 12:32 AM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Nice antedating for piggy/piggie bank. Barry Popik has a valuable
> entry on the topic "piggy bank" that has key citations starting in
> 1898 for "pig bank".
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> http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/piggy_bank/
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> Here is some additional progress - a 1914 cite for: piggy bank:
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> Cite: 1914 September 1, New York Herald, Women Give Jewelry and Gems
> to Aid German Widows and Orphans, Quote Page 15, Column 5, New York,
> New York. (Old Fulton)
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> Little Annie Scheuerberg, seven years old, of No. 878 Third avenue,
> walked into the bureau yesterday with a package under her arm. When
> asked what she wanted she replied that she desired to donate her
> "piggie bank" to the relief fund. The little "piggie" was broken open
> and a handful of pennies with a few nickels and dimes rolled out on
> the table.
> [End excerpt]
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> Garson
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> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
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> > piggy bank (OED 1939)
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> > 1917 _Baltimore Sun_ 11 June 12 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  There
> are=
> >  108 public schools in Baltimore.  In seven of them children have
> mobilized=
> >  their "piggy-bank" savings and bought bonds.
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> > Fred Shapiro
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