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A small pig, a small toe, or a small mind about money.

means An affectionate or diminutive word for a pig, also used for things shaped like, greedy like, or numbered like a piglet's parts.

from From Middle English pigge, a young pig, with the cozy -y suffix that turns animals into childhood mascots and bank-shaped tomb of loose change.

Piggy bankNamed for pygg, a clay, not the animal.
This littleToes became piggies via nursery rhyme.
PiggybackOriginally pick-a-back, pigs never involved.
Piggy eyesInsult borrowed from the pig's tiny squint.
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