pocket money
Example Sentences
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Growing up as the youngest of nine children in a cramped council flat in Kilburn, north London, from the age of eight she juggled schoolwork and part-time jobs to earn pocket money.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Dan Bennette: I was unemployed for a little bit and looking for a little pocket money, so I saw during the first snowstorm that they were doing emergency shovelers and I just signed up online.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
If I didn’t work, I didn’t have pocket money.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
It’s the estate-planning equivalent of handing your kids pocket money.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026
He’d slip me pocket money now and again after my mother said I’d had enough.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
