pin money

Example Sentences

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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

Writing for Schoolsweek, former government adviser on education Jonathan Simons said Mr Hammond's announcement was phrased "in the manner of which a 1950s husband may have given his wife some pin money".

From BBC

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