pin money

Example Sentences

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There was a first-rate shirt, a pair of trousers that looked brand-new, knitted socks, and storebought suspenders that must have been bought out of Aunt Pretty’s pin money.

From Literature

In her columns, Fern returned to the theme of a woman’s financial freedom, and her right to more than just pin money.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though I used to write cryptic puzzles for pin money, I don’t think I ever wrote any as tricky and compelling as “The Underlying Chris.”

From New York Times

“The new villain was the woman who worked for ‘pin money’” — extra cash they didn’t need, Collins writes.

From New York Times

While Boulogne relied on pin money, Calais relied on needle – or more exactly bobbin – money.

From Time