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Pin money

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1702, OED Evaluation: N/A

In extended use: a trivial amount of money; (also) spending money, esp. for inessential items and incidental expenses.

ExampleMeaning
Yeah. I knew that if they went on to University they could type somebody's essays and make a little bit of pin money on it. Uh-huh (laughs) and ah ah and it would be a skill that would come in handy. And this was before computers were in every home. Um and you ask about a discipline.
A small sum of money just for spending on things that aren’t really essential
ExampleMeaning
Old curling club still there. And I used to ah haul stuff for my mother, you-know? Ah, take her groceries home first and then I'd come back and make myself some pin money to go to the show. But the story has it that where the- the ah- the building right where the Eat-- used to be the old Eaton-Centre...
A small sum of money just for spending on things that aren’t really essential