pin money



pin money

a small amount of money that you earn and spend on things for yourself She has a part-time job that gives her pin money for extra treats for herself and the kids.
See also: money, pin

pin money

Small amounts of money for incidental expenses, as in Grandma usually gives the children some pin money whenever she visits. This expression originally signified money given by a husband to his wife for small personal expenditures such as pins, which were very costly items in centuries past. A will recorded at York in 1542 listed a bequest: "I give my said daughter Margarett my lease of the parsonage . . . to buy her pins." [Early 1500s]
See also: money, pin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Doubravka-Czech
CydneySID-neeEnglish (Modern)
Gro-Norwegian
Ganeshaga-NAYSHHinduism
Yuuyoo:Japanese
ToirÉAsa-Irish