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piggy bank

[piggy bank] {n.} A small bank, sometimes in the shape of a pig, for saving coins. * /John's father gave him a piggy bank./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[dip into] {v. phr.} 1. To scan or sample lightly and briefly (said of printed materials). * /I didn't get a chance to read all of War and Peace, but […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bank-bill

[bank-bill] {n. phr.} A bank-note. Neither Johnson nor the other lexicographers have the term bank-note, though they all have bank-bill, which Johnson defines, "a note for money laid up in […] Dictionary of Americanisms

bank on

[bank on] {v.}, {informal} To depend on; put one's trust in; rely on. * /He knew he could bank on public indignation to change things, if he could once prove […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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