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Definition of pin money in English: pin moneynoun mass nounA small sum of money for spending on inessentials. 零用钱，零花钱 working two days a week in the boutique gave her a little pin money Example sentencesExamples - He resembled a character from a novel, earning pin money as a piano player in silent movie houses.
- You grab a wodge of petty cash - call it pin money or something - shove it in a brown envelope and drop it off to me.
- She has historically done odd jobs earning pin money and in all probability has no plans to work fulltime.
- At that time it was labour-intensive, with hundreds of local housewives down the generations recalling sewing buttons on cards for pin money, a process later overtaken by automation.
- For pin money he could resume the motivational talks to elite groups of corporate moguls that he undertook between his gigs in Chicago and Los Angeles.
- ‘Well, naturally one thing led to another and we'd be betting up our pin money,’ Bob explained.
- Of course, what is a significant sum to you and I might very well have been pin money to Jordan.
- The fridge magnet idea makes it a fun thing to do, and is likely to yield a little extra pin money, too.
- The women were able to make their pin money from eggs and chickens and milk.
- My husband didn't like me to work full time, so I was cleaning banks and doctors' surgeries for pin money.
- Have you lot been out buying it with your pin money?
- Far from ‘having it all’ - the career, the husband, the kids - it seems that working motherhood, for many women, means a part-time job, pin money and some activity outside the home.
- Its pin money for the trip to New York.
- ‘Of course, the wage I pay the Indian workers is a great deal more than pin money to them, so that's a good thing,’ he says.
- I'm hoping it'll generate enough pin money to be a self-financing hobby as I explore the field of English porcelain, that's all.
- Consequently my mom always did little odd jobs to earn extra pin money, as they used to call it, for those extra special treats like soft serve ice cream from the Dairy Queen and piano lessons for the kids.
- They're from a background where picking strawberries for pin money would be quite a cushy number so they don't mind doing it?
- When they moved out, shame-free Adrienne started making inquiries about government compensation for her lost pin money.
- All the literature seems very hard sell, but I don't want to be like that - I just need some pin money.
- I'll leave my wife some pin money to buy those little extras she'll want to splurge for at the assisted-living facility.
OriginLate 17th century: from pin in the sense 'decorative clasp for the hair or a garment' + money. The term originally denoted an allowance made to a woman for dress and other personal expenses by her husband. Definition of pin money in US English: pin moneynounˈpin ˌmənēˈpɪn ˌməni 1A small sum of money for spending on inessentials. 零用钱，零花钱 working two days a week in the boutique gave her a little pin money Example sentencesExamples - The fridge magnet idea makes it a fun thing to do, and is likely to yield a little extra pin money, too.
- Consequently my mom always did little odd jobs to earn extra pin money, as they used to call it, for those extra special treats like soft serve ice cream from the Dairy Queen and piano lessons for the kids.
- ‘Of course, the wage I pay the Indian workers is a great deal more than pin money to them, so that's a good thing,’ he says.
- When they moved out, shame-free Adrienne started making inquiries about government compensation for her lost pin money.
- At that time it was labour-intensive, with hundreds of local housewives down the generations recalling sewing buttons on cards for pin money, a process later overtaken by automation.
- Its pin money for the trip to New York.
- Of course, what is a significant sum to you and I might very well have been pin money to Jordan.
- She has historically done odd jobs earning pin money and in all probability has no plans to work fulltime.
- The women were able to make their pin money from eggs and chickens and milk.
- You grab a wodge of petty cash - call it pin money or something - shove it in a brown envelope and drop it off to me.
- My husband didn't like me to work full time, so I was cleaning banks and doctors' surgeries for pin money.
- I'm hoping it'll generate enough pin money to be a self-financing hobby as I explore the field of English porcelain, that's all.
- Have you lot been out buying it with your pin money?
- For pin money he could resume the motivational talks to elite groups of corporate moguls that he undertook between his gigs in Chicago and Los Angeles.
- Far from ‘having it all’ - the career, the husband, the kids - it seems that working motherhood, for many women, means a part-time job, pin money and some activity outside the home.
- They're from a background where picking strawberries for pin money would be quite a cushy number so they don't mind doing it?
- ‘Well, naturally one thing led to another and we'd be betting up our pin money,’ Bob explained.
- I'll leave my wife some pin money to buy those little extras she'll want to splurge for at the assisted-living facility.
- He resembled a character from a novel, earning pin money as a piano player in silent movie houses.
- All the literature seems very hard sell, but I don't want to be like that - I just need some pin money.
- 1.1historical An allowance to a woman from her husband for clothing and other personal expenses.
〈史〉（男人给妻子买衣服等用的）私房钱
OriginLate 17th century: from pin in the sense ‘decorative clasp for the hair or a garment’ + money. The term originally denoted an allowance made to a woman for dress and other personal expenses by her husband. |