Meanings
nounSwiss bank account (plural Swiss bank accounts)
plural Swiss bank accounts
- figurativelyAny place considered safe or secure to put things in.
It seems that not only parents, but also husbands could have used the dowry as a kind of Swiss bank account.
2014, Lionel Marti, La famille dans le Proche-Orient ancien, page 567Synonyms: Swiss bank
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Swiss, bank account.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny place considered safe or secure to put things in.
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