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单词 saturday penny
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Saturday penny
Saturday penny n. now historical a penny or small sum of money given to a child on a Saturday as pocket money.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > spending- or pocket-money
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dispending1487
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pocket money1625
pin money1702
pocket allowance1726
Saturday pennya1854
spense1886
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a1854 J. Wilson Health & Longevity in Ess. Crit. & Imaginative (1856) I. 172 The imp would become a Vampire if thus fed on blood [in haggis]..and when sent to school, instead of purchasing barley-sugar with its Saturday penny, would regale on Pluck.
1863 Sci. Amer. 10 Jan. 23/3 He proceeded to expend his store of Saturday pennies in purchasing about half a mile of copper wire at a brazier's shop in Newcastle.
1972 Homes & Gardens Apr. 60 I am old enough to remember the small child's pocket money called the ‘Saturday penny’.
2004 S. Wales Echo (Nexis) 16 Dec. 4 Those who grew up locally used to go there to spend their Saturday pennies when it was a shop.
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