pin money
Example Sentences
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In her columns, Fern returned to the theme of a woman’s financial freedom, and her right to more than just pin money.
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
The lower cost of living there than in, say, California means freelance bughunting can be a sensible career, not just a source of pin money.
From Economist
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