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单词 chump change
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chump change
chump change n. slang (originally in African-American usage) a small or negligible sum of money; small change.
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1967 ‘Iceberg Slim’ Pimp xx. 285 Western whores were lazy and satisfied with making ‘chump change’.
1977 N.Y. Times 25 May 74 The gang has stagnated... The members have become ‘surplus people’, hanging around street-corners..searching for ‘chump change’.
1988 J. Ellroy Big Nowhere xli. 394 Coleman knew he needed money to finance his killing spree, and he was only making chump change gigging on Central Avenue.
2001 Guardian 7 Feb. ii. 14/4 A quarter of a million pounds. As public spending goes, it's chump change.
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