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"I am the smallest bank in the world. I have no interest rates. I must be broken to be emptied. I am shaped like a pig for reasons nobody agrees on. What am I?"
Answer
A Piggy Bank
Explanation
A piggy bank is a ceramic or plastic savings container for coins. To retrieve the money you must often break it open. The pig shape is thought to come from 'pygg' — a Middle English word for the orange clay used to make household pots, which were used to store coins.
This is an easy riddle in the Classic category — Time-honoured riddles passed down through generations.
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