- piggy (adj.)
- "resembling a pig," 1841, from pig (n.) + -y (2).
- piggy (n.)
- "a little pig," 1799, from pig (n.) + -y (3). Related: Piggies. Piggy bank popular from 1940 (ceramic or tin pig banks are noted by 1903 in American English, sometimes as souvenirs from Mexico).
