| 单词 | pin money |
| 释义 | pin moneySEE SYNONYMS FOR pin money ON THESAURUS.COM nounany small sum set aside for nonessential minor expenditures. (formerly) an allowance of money given by a husband to his wife for her personal expenditures. Origin of pin moneyFirst recorded in 1535–45 OTHER WORDS FROM pin moneypin-money, adjectiveWords nearby pin moneypink stern, pink tea, pinky, Pinky bar, pin mark, pin money, pinna, pinnace, pinnacle, pinnate, pinnati- Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pin moneyBritish Dictionary definitions for pin moneypin money nounan allowance by a husband to his wife for personal expenditure money saved or earned to be used for incidental expenses Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with pin moneypin 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] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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